Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat

Brigadier Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat and 3rd Baron Lovat, KT, GCVO, KCMG, CB, DSO (25 November 1871 – 18 February 1933), was a leading Roman Catholic , landowner, soldier, politician and the 23rd Chief of Clan Fraser. He was the son of Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and Alice Mary Weld-Blundell. While legally the 14th Lord Lovat (and 3rd Baron Lovat), he was referred to as the 16th Lord.

Educated at Ampleforth and Oxford, he was an active member of the Oxford University polo team and left with an MA. Lord Lovat was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and promoted Lieutenant in 1890, but transferred as a Lieutenant into the 1st Life Guards in 1894. In 1897 he resigned from the Regular Army and joined a volunteer battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. In 1899 he raised the Lovat Scouts, and from February 1900 served as their second-in-command with the rank of captain, in charge of the mounted infantry. The corps served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. He was mentioned in despatches (including the final despatch by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902), and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1900. After the war he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1903 by Edward VII.

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