The Lord Fraser of Corriegarth | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 20 October 2016 – 6 February 2021 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Andrew Macdonell Fraser 2 December 1946 |
Died | 6 February 2021 Dingwall | (aged 74)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Financier |
Alexander Andrew Macdonell Fraser, Baron Fraser of Corriegarth (2 December 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a British banker, treasurer of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom and was a member of the House of Lords. He was described variously as a "stockbroker" or an "investment banker". [1] [2]
Fraser was the son of Mary Ursula Cynthia Gwendolen (Macdonnell) and Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, a prominent Scottish lawyer who later became a Law Lord.[ citation needed] He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. [3] [4] After graduation, he worked at various jobs in the financial sector. [4] His major jobs included:
Fraser was also Head of Equities at Barings Bank in 1995, when it collapsed after £827 million losses resulting from poor speculative investments carried out by Nick Leeson. [5]
He was made a life peer in 2016 as part of David Cameron's Resignation Honours list. [6] On the morning of 31 August 2016 he was created Baron Fraser of Corriegarth, of Corriegarth in the County of Inverness. He was married to Rebecca (née Shaw-Mackenzie, formerly Ramsay), they have two daughters and three sons between them, and split their time between London and The Highlands, from where his title derives. [7]
He died on 6 February 2021, from a brain tumour, at the age of 74. [8] [9]
Fraser is described by The Guardian as a "major donor" to the Conservative party. [10] He was also the second largest Better Together donor, giving £200,000 to the campaign for a no vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. [1]
The Lord Fraser of Corriegarth | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 20 October 2016 – 6 February 2021 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Andrew Macdonell Fraser 2 December 1946 |
Died | 6 February 2021 Dingwall | (aged 74)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Financier |
Alexander Andrew Macdonell Fraser, Baron Fraser of Corriegarth (2 December 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a British banker, treasurer of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom and was a member of the House of Lords. He was described variously as a "stockbroker" or an "investment banker". [1] [2]
Fraser was the son of Mary Ursula Cynthia Gwendolen (Macdonnell) and Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, a prominent Scottish lawyer who later became a Law Lord.[ citation needed] He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. [3] [4] After graduation, he worked at various jobs in the financial sector. [4] His major jobs included:
Fraser was also Head of Equities at Barings Bank in 1995, when it collapsed after £827 million losses resulting from poor speculative investments carried out by Nick Leeson. [5]
He was made a life peer in 2016 as part of David Cameron's Resignation Honours list. [6] On the morning of 31 August 2016 he was created Baron Fraser of Corriegarth, of Corriegarth in the County of Inverness. He was married to Rebecca (née Shaw-Mackenzie, formerly Ramsay), they have two daughters and three sons between them, and split their time between London and The Highlands, from where his title derives. [7]
He died on 6 February 2021, from a brain tumour, at the age of 74. [8] [9]
Fraser is described by The Guardian as a "major donor" to the Conservative party. [10] He was also the second largest Better Together donor, giving £200,000 to the campaign for a no vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. [1]