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Lovely article. Thanks for posting the link.
Steve.
"We, the kilted ones, are ahead of the curve" - Bren.
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Very nice read. I went on to read more of Lord Lovat and Beaufort Castle, the castle he was born in. The castle ended up being sold recently, 1994 , to the people that own Stagecoach Bus lines of Scotland and North America. I wonder how many of the castles are now no longer in the hands of families that lived there for centuries.
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My wife's uncle was a Lovat Scout.
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The Frasers trace their origins to Normandy. The name in its various forms is a variant of the French fraisier, which is an occupational name for a cultivator or seller of strawberries.
How fitting that these Highlanders distinguished themselves on the beaches at Normandy, liberating their ancestral homeland!
Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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 Originally Posted by Nathan
The Frasers trace their origins to Normandy. The name in its various forms is a variant of the French fraisier, which is an occupational name for a cultivator or seller of strawberries.
How fitting that these Highlanders distinguished themselves on the beaches at Normandy, liberating their ancestral homeland!
Precisely! Talk about coming, "full circle." And with the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy coming up in 4 days, the article is quite appropriate indeed.
Lest we forget.
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Here's Episode 5 from the BBC Scotland series "Highland Clans," which originally aired back in 2007. The series, of which I realise has already been widely discussed on this forum in the past, features several other Highland Clans and is narrated/presented by Paul Murton. I thought it may be of interest to the OP.
Episode 5 - Clan Fraser (1/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpXKfEpzBlU
Episode 5 - Clan Fraser (2/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHPqJG3puE
Episode 5 - Clan Fraser (3/3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFPNZj4LnVA
Cheers,
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And here's a rather brief video interview with the late Lord Lovat, also featuring his piper, the late Bill Millin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDEO0OIBD8U
Last edited by creagdhubh; 3rd June 14 at 07:33 AM.
Reason: Typo
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3rd June 14, 04:37 AM
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I've often thought that people by the name of "Simon Fraser" tend to have extraordinarily interesting lives. Another case in point.
'A damned ill-conditioned sort of an ape. It had a can of ale at every pot-house on the road, and is reeling drunk. "
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