page_title: Clan Fraser
section_title: Frasers of Philorth
hierarchical_section_title: Clan Fraser / History / Frasers of Philorth
caption_attribution_description: Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
context_page_description: Clan Fraser is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. It is not to be confused with the Clan Fraser of Lovat who are a separate Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Both clans have their own separate chief, both of whom are officially recognized by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
context_section_description: In 1592, Sir Alexander Fraser of Philorth received charters from James VI of Scotland for the fishing village of Faithlie which later became the town of Fraserburgh. Sir Alexander Fraser was also authorized to found a university in the town but this scheme was short lived due to the religious troubles of the time.
  The eighth Lord Philorth built Fraserburgh Castle which later became the Kinnaird Head lighthouse. This bankrupted him and Philorth Castle was lost from the family for over three hundred years until 1934 when it was bought back by the 19th Lord Saltoun.
caption: Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, formerly Kinnaird Castle, formerly Fraserburgh Castle.
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