Scottish Clans: The story behind Clan Fraser

Every weekend, Carl MacDougall, will tell the story of one of Scotland's famous Clans. This week, we take a look at the Fraser Clan. The Frasers are a clan with two chiefs. The Lowland Frasers of Philorth, Lords Saltoun, are Chiefs of the Fraser name. The Highland Fraser Chief is Lord Lovat and the lands of Inverness-shire around Black Isle and the Beauly Firth are traditional Fraser of Lovat territory. The Frasers arrived from France before 1160, when Simon Fraser held lands in East Lothian. Another Simon Fraser fought with Robert the Bruce and was executed by Edward I. His cousin, Alexander was Bruce's brother-in-law and chamberlain and it's from his younger brother, Simon, that the Frasers of Lovat are descended.