Senior member of the Lovat Fraser clan has died
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Kim Ian Maurice Fraser died peacefully at home near Kirkhill on May 30 surrounded by his family, aged 74.
He was the uncle of the present Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser.
Mr Fraser, who was born in January 1946, was one of six children – four sons and two daughters – born to the previous Lord Lovat, the legendary World War II hero, and his wife, the former Rosamond Broughton.
His father’s exploits in leading the newly formed 1st Special Service Brigade into battle on D-Day buoyed by his personal piper were subsequently immortalised in the film The Longest Day.
The family’s ancestral home was Beaufort Castle near Beauly.
The castle, overlooking the River Beauly, was sold in 1994 to Stagecoach director Dame Ann Gloag to meet inheritance taxes.
Mr Fraser, who was a personal investment adviser, had survived a stroke in recent years.
He leaves widow Sarah, an award-winning writer, broadcaster, speaker and historical consultant whose books include The Last Highlander.
He also leaves three sons, Thomas, Joseph and Maximilian, from his first marriage to Joanna Katharine North.
Inquiries should be made to funeral directors William T Fraser and Son of Culduthel Road, Inverness.
