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№ 407

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£1,600

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Lieut. K. A. Fraser. 7th Huss.) very fine £800-£1,000

Keith Alexander Fraser was born on 24 December 1867, son of Lieutenant-General J. K. Fraser, C.M.G., and Amelia Alice Julia, daughter of Hon. Humble Dudley Ward. He succeeded his uncle as the 5th Baronet in 1898; married 1910, Lady Dorothy Coventry, 2nd daughter of the 9th Earl of Coventry. He entered the Army, 7th Hussars, in 1888, was promoted to Captain in 1898, and retired in 1903. He served in South Africa 1896-97 (Medal with Clasp). Later became a Major in 3rd County of London Yeomanry, was M.P. for South Leicestershire, 1918-23; Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire, and J.P. for Ross and Cromartie. Sir Keith Fraser died on 21 September 1935.