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	Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat - LoveToKnow 1911
		The barony of Lovat dates from about 1460, in the person of Hugh Fraser, a descendant of Simon Fraser (killed at Halidon Hill in 1338) who acquired the tower and fort of Lovat near Beauly, Inverness-shire, and from whom the clan Fraser was called "Macshimi" (sons of Simon).
		The whole scheme indicates Lovat's sagacity as a military strategist, and his plan was continuously kept in view in all future attempts of the Jacobites, and finally acted on in the outbreak of 1745.
		Lovat's false professions of fidelity did not long deceive the government, and after the battle of Culloden he was obliged to retreat to the Highlands, after seeing from a distant height his castle of Dounie burnt by the royal army.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Simon_Fraser,_12th_baron_Lovat (1021 words)

	ClanFraser.com
		Lovat's men were split into two parties and their objective was a battery of six guns defended by wire, pillboxes and two flak towers; he himself led the second party which landed not far from the mouth of the Saone.
		Lovat, in his own words, "cleared the beach at speed." It is an inadequate phrase because ten centuries had suddenly been telescoped into a few seconds on that blazing beach.
		Lovat was showing the dispositions to them on a map when a German 88?millimeter shell landed right in the middle of the group, mowing them down.
	www.thefrasers.com /clanfraser/lordlovat.htm (3251 words)

	SIMON FRASER, 12TH BARON LOVAT - LoveToKnow Article on SIMON FRASER, 12TH BARON LOVAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The barony of Lovat dates from about 1460, in the person of Hugh Fraser, a descendant of Simon Fraser (killed at Halidon Hill in 1338) who acquired the tower and fort of Lovat near Beauly, Inverness-shire, and from whom the clan Fraser was called Macshimi (sons of Simon).
		The whole scheme indicates Lovats sagacity as a military strategist, and his plan was continuously kept in view in all future attempts of the Jacobites, and finally acted on in the outbreak of 1745.
		Lovats false professions of fidelity did not long deceive the government, and after the battle of Culloden he was obliged to retreat to the Highlands, after seeing from a distant height his castle of Dounie burnt by the royal army.
	11.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LOVAT_SIMON_FRASER_12TH_BARON.htm (1074 words)

	Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lovat's forces swiftly pressed on, Lovat himself advancing with parts of his Brigade from Sword Beach to Pegasus Bridge which had been defiantly defended by men of the 6th Airborne Division who had landed on the 5 June.
		Lord Lovat retained his involvement in politics, though it was primarily on Highland affairs in the House of Lords and participation in the Inverness County Council.
		The Lovat Scouts, a regiment formed in 1900 by his father during the Boer War, garrisonned the Faroe Islands and also saw service in Italy during the Second World War.
	www.iridis.com /Simon_Fraser,_15th_Lord_Lovat (825 words)

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		Hugh Lord Lovat married a daughter of the chief of the Grants, the widow of Halyburton of Pitcur, and used the connection thus formed with the descendants of the Chisholm co-heirs of the founder of Beauly, to acquire much of the Chisholm portion of the Byset property.
		Glendinning was Lovat's creditor, or had advanced a sum of 1000 merks, and for this the latter pledged the Town and Lands of Kinmylies, in the regality of Spiny, the annual amount payable by Glendinning being 16 bolls victual, in name of ferme or rent.
		Although Lord Lovat was not in favour of his son accepting a lieutenant-colonelcy in the army of Scotland, arranged by General Leslie, the Master accepted the post and, while spending the winter in Edinburgh with his wife, suffered an illness from which he died in April 1643.
	www.krepela.us /fraser.html (3179 words)

	www.faroestamps.fo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lovat Scouts was manned by Scotsmen, and named after th colonel Lord Lovat, who started the regiment at the turn of the century, when Britain fought in the Boar War in South Afrika.
		From Canada, the Lovat Scouts were sent to Italy, where they, from August 1944, were involved in heavy figthing against Marshall Kesselrings army, at Salerno, Anzio and Cassino.
		Many of the soldiers from Lovat Scouts were decorated for taking part of these heavy fightings for nine whole months, but there were also many of them who were killed and never saw their loved ones again — while others were badly wounded and crippled for life.
	www.faroestamps.fo /?side=8f0f9084447dad1bc22a969c97ce048e (2218 words)

	Articles - Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He wore a white jumper with "Lovat" inscribed into the collar; he was armed with an old Winchester rifle and rolled umbrella.
		The force at Pegasus was relieved by Lord Lovat's Commando unit, who arrived almost exactly on time, late by only two minutes (for which Lord Lovat apologised to Major John Howard, Ox and Bucks), and who arrived once more to the sound of Bill Millin's bagpipes.
		Lord Lovat and other senior officers had been observing the massive artillery bombardment by the 51st Highland Division on the village when a stray shell fell short of its target and landed amongst the officers.
	www.awningz.com /articles/Simon_Christopher_Joseph_Fraser,_15th_Lord_Lovat (807 words)

	Lovat Scouts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Many Lovat Scouts were also Gaelic speakers and ideal to be trained as Radio Operators, the Germans and their Allies being unable to understand the language.
		Lovat Scouts B Squadron returned fire with every Bren Gun they had and being crippled, the plane flew off and crashed in a fjord and sank.
		Many of the men in the Lovat Scouts had accidents, including broken limbs, during the early stages of training and some were in pain from overstretched muscles and joints.
	members.aol.com /ewalker01/brechin/Page94.htm (2053 words)

	12TH BARON SIMON FRASE... - Online Information article about 12TH BARON SIMON FRASE...
		Master of Lovat (1726-1782) (not to be confused with another Simon Fraser who saw somewhat similar service and was killed in 1777 at the battle of See also:
		Memoirs of Lord Lovat (1746 and 1767); J.
		History of the Frasers of Lovat (Inverness, 1896); Mrs A.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LOB_LUP/LOVAT_SIMON_FRASER_12TH_BARON_e.html (2101 words)

	The Lovat Scouts [UK] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lovats Scouts Troop, C (Fife and Forfar/Scottish Horse) Squadron,
		Lovat Scouts, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		The Men of the Imperial Yeomanry, Lovats Scouts and Scottish Horse in the Boer War of 1899 to 1902, by Kevin Asplin
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vcav/lovat.htm (762 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Fraser of Lovat : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Gaelic patronymic of the Lovat Frasers is ‘Mac Shimidh’, meaning ‘son of Simon’, and it was in use at least at the beginning of the fifteenth century.
		The Lovat Frasers had their fair share of clan feuds and battles but amongst the most memorable, and bloody, was with the Macdonalds of Clanranald in 1544.
		Lovat, his son and heir, along with hundreds of his men, were killed in the fierce fighting with victory falling to the Macdonalds.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Fraser_of_Lovat_40/default.php (1042 words)

	The Frasers of Lovat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Simon Fraser, born in 1977 is the 18th Lord Lovat and 25th Chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat.
		After a chequered life, including the kidnap and enforced wedding of the 9th Lord Lovat’s widow in an early bid to inherit the title, as well as spells as an outlaw, he was executed for apparently aiding the Jacobites in the 1745 rebellion.
		As their name suggests, they were most often involved in scouting out information about the enemy and they were famed as good intelligence men in the field with the capacity to work in all conditions.
	www.tartan.tv /Web/Site/NewSite/Directory/Genealogy/Gene_Fraser.asp (423 words)

	Lovat scouts
		Lovat Scouts and were intended, as the name suggests, scouting out and supplying vital intelligence information about the Boers, whose tactics made them an often unseen and deadly foe.
		In October 1956 The Scottish Horse and The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry amalgamated and the Lovat Scouts were reduced to Troop strength.
		In January 1949 a detachment of C (Lovat Scouts) Squadron, Scottish Horse was also tasked to raise an Artillery Regiment for use in difficult terrain.
	www.army.mod.uk /qoy/c-squadron/ffy_sh/history/lovatscouts.htm (1166 words)

	Brigadier The Lord Lovat
		Lovat was supremely confident that his Brigade could fight their way off Sword Beach and link-up with the 6th Airborne Division, however he had grave doubts about the Brigade's role once they were east of the River Orne.
		Scouts were sent out front and headquarters (the motley crew all armed to the teeth) were deployed sufficiently to deal with emergencies, then moved on fast, hugging the pavements and covering windows to either side.
		Lovat returned home to manage his estate, which standing at some 250,000 acres was consequently not a trifling matter.
	www.pegasusarchive.org /normandy/lord_lovat.htm (10777 words)

	Lovat Scouts history with links and pictures of ex members
		The role of the Lovat Scouts in this theatre of war cannot be fully calculated, but their value to the 8th Army was immense.
		This photograph shows the 1st Cyclist Brigade of the 1st Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment (Lovat Scouts) and was taken somewhere in East Anglia in 1917.
		The barrel in the foreground is endorsed with "1st Cyclist Brigade YR, Lovat Scouts, Winners of the B and F Cups".
	www.qohldrs.co.uk /html/lovat_scouts.htm (1113 words)

	Brigadier The Lord Lovat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		So meticulous was Lovat's planning for the raid that his attack upon the six-gun battery was a great tactical success, achieved at the cost of comparatively few casualties.
		Lovat was supremely confident that his Brigade could fight their way off Sword Beach and link-up with the 6th Airborne Division, however he had grave doubts about the Brigade's role once they were east of the River Orne.
		Scouts were sent out front and headquarters (the motley crew all armed to the teeth) were deployed sufficiently to deal with emergencies, then moved on fast, hugging the pavements and covering windows to either side.
	www.ornebridgehead.org /lord_lovat.htm (10760 words)

	Seattle Seahawks - Community : Commanding the Line
		The Lovat Scouts is a famous Scottish regiment that has had a colorful and distinguished history from the early days as Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, through the horrors of World War I and World War II, and still boasts an existence in today's modern army.
		Lord Lovat's Commandos were among the Allied forces hitting the shores of Normany Beach during the D-Day landings in 1944, capturing ground and soon vanquishing the foe.
		Lovat is in his fifth year as Offensive Line Coach for the Seahawks, in charge of pass protection and the run game, blocking for the run game and setting up the run game.
	www.seahawks.com /community/community.aspx?id=17118 (1292 words)

	The Old Lords of Lovat and Beaufort
		Lord Lovat to Court in 1595, the King announced that he was proposing to arrange a match for him, and suggested that he should frankly "pick and chuse without ceremony or delay which of the ladies at Court he fancied." His lordship, after thanking His Majesty, fixed upon Jean Stewart, daughter of James 1
		Lord Lovat died in 1672, aged 29; his wife, Anne Mackenzie (1631-1670), having predeceased him while he was abroad, having left his wife and family behind, to escape his financial problems and melancholy.
		Lord Lovat (1911-1995) to his eldest son and heir, Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat (1939-1994) some thirty years earlier, was sold in 1995.
	www.electricscotland.com /canada/fraser/lovat_beaufort.htm (3651 words)

	LOVAT
		William Fraser, brother of the founder of the Lovat line, was Regent of all Scotland north of the Forth in 1288.
		The last British aristocrat to be beheaded, he died with dignity, but was unusual in that most Lovats protected their folk, as during the Clearances, and in return received loyalty.
		As for the new Mas Shimidh, the 18th Lord Lovat, remains clan chief of Lovat Frasers all round the globe.
	www.thefrasers.com /lovat2.html (905 words)

	Who carried the Braiteach at Culloden? And after?
		Statements made at Lovat's trial confirm the meeting at Gortuleg, though one witness does seem to indicate that Lovat was at Castle Downie on the night after the battle and that it was there that the Prince visited him.
		The territory of Lovat had in 1704 been erected into a regality, and as in addition to this he was appointed sheriff of Inverness, he found considerable scope for the exercise of his remarkable talents in augmenting his influence in the north of Scotland" (DNB).
		The basis of their evidence lay in the letters taken with Lovat when he was captured on Loch Morar and which were opened in his presence by Captain Fergusson of Furnace and Captain Duff of the Man o' War Terror, who was the senior naval officer with the squadron.
	www.crypticide.com /users/alecm/download/muffett/muffett-1.html (5505 words)

	Lord Lovat \| Banterrific - Do You Banter?
		Lovat was clearly destined to join an unorthodox regiment, a newly formed special forces regiment - the commandos.
		Lovat was called up as a Captain in the Lovat Scouts in 1939, but volunteered to join the commandos in 1940.
		Lovat's forces swiftly pressed on, Lovat himself advancing with parts of his Brigade from Sword Beach to Pegasus Bridge, which had been defiantly defended by men of the 6th Airborne Division who had landed in the early hours of D-Day.
	www.banterrific.co.uk /articles.php?var=116 (624 words)

	Lovat's Restoration
		In 1745, Lord Lovat had participated in an uprising against the Crown and was therefore sentenced to death.
		His son, SIMON FRASER, Master of Lovat (1726-1782), was a soldier, who at the beginning of the Seven Years War raised a corps of Fraser Highlanders for the English service, and at the outbreak of the American War of Independence raised another regiment which took a prominent part in it.
		The 17th Lord Lovat, also Simon, was described by Churchill -who quoted Byron- in 1944 as 'the mildest mannered man that ever scuttled ships or cut a throat'.
	chrsouchon.free.fr /lovarest.htm (718 words)

	Clan Fraser Website Homepage
		The Yeomanry Regiment of the Lovat Scouts was raised by Simon Joseph Fraser 16th Lord Lovat, in January 1900, for use in the Boer War in South Africa.
		Photo is of King George VI and the Royal family with the Sergeants of the Lovat Scouts, Balmoral 1943.
		For many years the Wardlaw Mausoleum was the burial place of Lord Lovats, after Lord Hugh, ignored the traditional burial ground at Beauly abbey and buried his father Simon Lord Lovat in Kirkhill, at the East end of the church, in 1632.
	www.fraser-clan.org /update/fraser_connections_13.htm (477 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Lord Lovat - U720897 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lord Lovat, Clan Chief of the Lovat Frasers died recently and he was piped to his grave by his personal piper, Bill Millin, who had piped Lord Lovat ashore on D-Day.
		Lord Lovat was a remarkable man who had connections with East Markham in the very early days of the last war.
		Part of the Lovat Scouts were stationed in the East Markham Hall field where there were tents and stabling for the animals; the same was true for part of the Studweldpro yard and the area of Low Street opposite to the entrance to the Old Hall.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/U720897 (407 words)

	Scottish Highlands Clans Visit Lochness Directory Drumnadrochit Highlands of Scotland Holidays
		One of the most famous is the 11th Lord Lovat - nicknamed the "old fox" for his role in the Jacobite uprising of 1745 when he conspired with both sides.
		Centuries later the 16th Lord Lovat raised the Lovat Scouts as a fighting force in the Boer War.
		During World War II the heroic 17th Lord Lovat led his brigade under fire to the skirl of the pipes as the D-Day landings signalled the liberation of France.
	www.holidays2scotland.com /visitlochness.com/archives/2005/02/scottish_highla.html (428 words)

	The MacKey Family - pafn06 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Anyway, he joined the Lovat Scouts and was posted to the Middle East to Allenby's army.
		Because the City of London Yeomanry were short of men, the Lovat Scouts were attached to them and they (with the rest of the army) took Jerusalem from the Turks.
		Donald was not killed in action, he died of disease - whether as a result from infection of wounds or just unlucky to go down with any of the killer diseases rife in the British ranks at that time is not known.
	www.airgale.com.au /mackay/pafn06.htm (177 words)

	Clan Fraser Website Homepage
		Website www.argylls.co.uk The magnificent castle is of great historic and strategic importance to Scotland, with many battles being fought in the area and is well worth a visit, as is the town, once capitol of Scotland, for its many ancient buildings.
		A lovely village, it is at the heart of Fraser of Lovat, there's the Fraser Room Museum in the Beauly Centre, the Priory and the monument to the Lovat Scouts.
		The regiment was raised by the 16th Lord Lovat, for the Boer War, he realised the benefits of Highland knowledge and they could penetrate 15 miles behind the enemy lines without support.
	www.fraser-clan.org /update/fraser_connections_6.htm (429 words)

	Their Past, Your Future: War Detectives
		The Lovat Scouts were a very close and friendly regiment and when in Canada they made friends with the locals again; this time though it was the bears!
		The Scouts were used sometimes to escort prisoners and Mr Munro remembers the strange and sad story of two scouts who were escorting German prisoners for the Americans and they had to accompany them all the way to America.
		The body of one of the Scouts was never recovered but the other was washed northwards and came ashore just under his mother’s croft.
	www.wardetectives.info /projects/wardetectives/wewillremember/inve0029b.htm (773 words)

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