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Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews

b. 1228, d. 1297

Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, was born in 1228.

Father	Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire (b. 1194, d. 1263)
Mother	Christian Lascelles, of Oliver Castle (b. 1200)

Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, held the title of consecrated as bishop by Pope Nicholas III on 18 June 1280 in Rome.¹

From 1274 to 1276 Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, was occupied as Chancellor of Scotland.¹
On 4 August 1279 Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, was occupied as succeeded William Wishart as bishop of St Andrews in St Andrews.¹
On 19 March 1286 Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, was occupied as was elected one of three Regents of the North.¹

Bishop William Fraser, of St Andrews, died in 1297 at age ~69 in Abroad.

[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.

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21 June 2026