Author: Alexander George Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy
Alternate names: George Fraser
Born: 22 April 1785
Died: 18 July/August 1853
Bio: Alexander George Fraser was a Scottish representative peer and a British Army general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the First Anglo-Chinese War. He was the eldest son of Alexander, the 15th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and his wife Margory, daughter and heiress of Simon Fraser of Ness Castle, Inverness, a director of the East India Company. From 1815 to 1826 he was married with Catherine Thurlow.
*“On 23 November 1804, Alexander exchanged into the 3rd Battalion 1st Foot Guards (not to be known as Grenadier Guards until 1815), and accompanied them to Sicily, where they languished until returning to Britain in December 1807. Saltoun served with the light company of the 3rd Battalion when it sailed with General Sir David Bairds force in September 1808 to reinforce the army of Sir John Moore. Landing at Corunna, they marched to Mayorga; only to be forced to retreat all the way to Corunna where he fought in the battle commanding his light company. His battalion next fought in the ill fated Walcheren campaign and he carried the remnants of the fever throughout the rest of his life. Early in 1811 he was sent to Cadiz to participate in the defence of the city, relieving the 2nd Battalion."* — cited from The Gareth Glover Collection, Original Source Material from the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815.