Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

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Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and clan chief, famously executed for treason after the 1745 Jacobite Rising and remembered as the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lord Lovat 4
Fraser of Lovat 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobite
Scottish nobleman
clan chief
executed person
allegiance Jacobite cause NERFINISHED
burialPlace Tower of London (likely Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath treason conviction
child Simon Fraser of Lovat (Master of Lovat) NERFINISHED
convictedOf high treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1667-01-01
dateOfDeath 1747-04-09
ethnicGroup Scottish
executionSite Tower Hill, London NERFINISHED
familyName Fraser NERFINISHED
fullName Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat NERFINISHED
givenName Simon NERFINISHED
historicalReputation notorious for duplicity and shifting loyalties
involvedIn Jacobite Rising of 1715 NERFINISHED
Jacobite Rising of 1745 NERFINISHED
knownFor advanced age at time of execution
political intrigue between Jacobites and British government
languageSpoken English
Scottish Gaelic
legalStatusOfTitleAfterDeath forfeited
mannerOfDeath execution by beheading
memberOf Clan Fraser of Lovat NERFINISHED
monarchDuringDeath George II NERFINISHED
nickname The Old Fox NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Lord Lovat NERFINISHED
notableEvent impeachment and trial in Westminster Hall, 1746–1747
notableFor being the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain
participation in the Jacobite Rising of 1745
parent Thomas Fraser of Beaufort NERFINISHED
peerage Peerage of Scotland NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tower Hill, London, England NERFINISHED
portrayedAs “The Old Fox” NERFINISHED
portrayedIn Outlander (television series) NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire NERFINISHED
spouse Margaret Grant NERFINISHED
Primrose Campbell NERFINISHED
titleRestored Lord Lovat NERFINISHED
trialHeldBy House of Lords NERFINISHED

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Fraser hasNotableBearer Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Clan Fraser chiefsTitle Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
this entity surface form: Lord Lovat
Clan Fraser clanChief Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
this entity surface form: Lord Lovat
Clan Fraser clanChiefSurname Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
this entity surface form: Fraser of Lovat
British Commandos notableCommander Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
this entity surface form: Lord Lovat
British Commandos notableMember Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
this entity surface form: Lord Lovat