thumb|picture of lord lovat in "memoirs of the jacobites". simon fraser, 11th lord lovat (c. 1667 &ndash; 9 april 1747, london), was a scottish jacobite and chief of clan fraser of lovat, who was famous for his violent feuding and his changes of allegiance. in 1715, he had been a supporter of the house of hanover, but in 1745 he changed sides and supported the stuart claim on the crown of the united kingdom. lovat was among the highlanders defeated at the battle of culloden and convicted of treason against the crown. he was the last man in britain to be publicly beheaded, on tower hill, london. ==early life== he was the second son of thomas fraser, third son of the 7th lord lovat. the barony of lovat dates from about 1460, in the person of hugh fraser, a descendant of simon fraser (killed at halidon hill in 1333) who acquired the tower and fort of lovat near beauly, inverness-shire, and from whom the clan fraser was called macshimi (sons of simon). young simon was educated at king's college, aberdeen, and his correspondence afterwards gives proof, not only of a command of good english and idiomatic french, but of such an acquaintance with the latin classics as to leave him never at a loss for an apt quotation from virgil or horace. whether lovat ever felt any real loyalty to the stuarts or was actuated by self-interest is difficult to determine, but that he was a born traitor and deceiver there can be no doubt. one of his first acts on leaving college was to recruit three hundred men from his clan to form part of a regiment in the service of william and mary, in which he himself was to hold a command, his object being to have a body of well-trained soldiers under his influence, whom at a moment's notice he might carry over to the interest of king james. his older brother, alexander fraser, was heir apparent to the barony and served in the army of viscount dundee (claverhouse) at the battle of killiecrankie (1689). soon thereafter, at a feast at beauly, the piper was playing "bittack" or "macthomas", a song which includes the lines "there is a dirk 
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