Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun

Mistress of Saltoun
Born	11 October 1957 Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Mark Nicolson
Children	Louise Nicolson Juliet Nicolson Alexander Fraser
Parent(s)	Alexander Ramsay of Mar Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, DL (born 11 October 1957) is the daughter of Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar and Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun.^[1]

Biography

She was born Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Ramsay in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Her mother, Lady Saltoun, is the suo jure Lady Saltoun and the Chief of the name and arms of Fraser. Her father was great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother Princess Patricia of Connaught and a cousin of Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, making Katherine a second cousin of Margrethe II of Denmark and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

As the eldest daughter without any brothers, Fraser is the heir presumptive to the Chiefship and the Lordship held by her mother. Since one cannot become the chief of a clan without taking the clan's surname, Lord Lyon King of Arms recognized her use of the surname Fraser in 1973.

On 20 April 2005, Fraser was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.

Marriage and children

In February, 1980, the engagement between Fraser and Captain Mark Malise Nicolson (b. 29 September 1954) was announced. Fraser and Captain Nicolson married on 3 May 1980. They have three children:^[2]

• Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (born 2 September 1984)
• Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (born 3 March 1988)
• Alexander William Malise Fraser (born 5 July 1990)

As Katharine's heir-apparent, Alexander bears the surname "Fraser" and not his father's surname.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun

16. George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie               8. John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie                       17. Sarah Frances Robertson               4. Sir Alexander Ramsay                             18. Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville               9. Ida Louisa Bennet                       19. Olivia Montagu               2. Alexander Ramsay of Mar                                   20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn                       21. Victoria of the United Kingdom               5. Princess Patricia of Connaught                             22. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia               11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia                       23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau               1. Katharine Fraser ;                                         24. Alexander Fraser, 18th Lord Saltoun               12. Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun                       25. Charlotte Evans               6. Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun                             26. Thomas Arthur Bellew               13. Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew                       27. Pauline Grattan               3. Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun                                   28. William Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet               14. Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Baronet                       29. Victoria Alexandrina Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie               7. Dorothy Geraldine Welby                             30. Augustus Henry Charles Hervey               15. Maria Louisa Helen Hervey                       31. Mariana Hodnett

References

1. "Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun". Royalist.Info. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
2. "Katharine Fraser". Royal Genealogy. Retrieved 14 April 2011.