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Simon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle
b. 1224, d. before 1283
Birth
Simon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle, was born in 1224.1
Parents
| Father | Gilbert Fraser, of Touch Fraser in Stirlingshire (b. 1194, d. 1263) |
| Mother | Christian Lascelles, of Oliver Castle (b. 1200) |
Child with Grizzle Flava
| Son | Simon Fraser, pater, 2nd of Oliver Castle+ (b. 1245, d. before 15 January 1292) |
Working life
- From 1264 to 1266 Simon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle, was occupied as Sheriff of Traquair and Peebles in Traquair, Peebleshire.1,2,3
Property
Simon Fraser, 1st of Oliver Castle, possessed seems also to have inherited a very large portion of the Peeblesshire estates with Oliver Castle circa 1264 in Oliver Castle.3
Death
Citations
- [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.
- [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.
- [S161] Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun, The Frasers of Philorth, 3 vols (Edinburgh: Privately printed, between 1879 and 1880), II, 75; online image, Internet Archive ( : accessed.
| Context | Ch forebears (#1) Ch forebears (#2) Ch forebears (#3) Ch forebears (#4) Ch forebears (#5) Ch forebears (#6) |
| Last Edited | 30 June 2026 |