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Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire1

b. 1194, d. 1263

Birth

Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire, was born in 1194.1

Parents

FatherUdard Fraser (b. circa 1150, d. circa 1200)
MotherMargaret daughter of Kylvert

Children with Christian Lascelles, of Oliver Castle (b. 1200)

SonJohn ("ancestor of the Frasers of Lovat and Philorth") Fraser, of Touch Fraser (b. 1222, d. before 1263)
SonSimon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle+ (b. 1224, d. before 1283)
SonAndrew Fraser (b. 1226, d. before 1308)
SonBishop William Fraser, of St Andrews (b. 1228, d. 1297)

Working life

  • In 1233 Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire, was occupied as Sheriff in Traquair, Peebleshire.1,2
  • In 1259 Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire, was occupied as Sheriff in Peebles.1

Property

Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire, possessed probably acquired Oliver Castle (possibly through marriage) circa 1215 in Oliver Castle.2

Death

Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire, died in 1263 at age ~69.1,2

Citations

  1. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol 7, p 417-423.
  2. [S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), I, xiii; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
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Last Edited 22 June 2026