Life and Career
Fraser came from the Balnain (Inverness) branch of Clan Fraser, Scotland.
He was born on 22 February 1837, and sent to Eton College from 1849 to 1854. He was appointed to the British legation in Central America in September 1862.
Fraser later served in Stockholm, Beijing and Rome. In 1874, he met and married Mary Crawford in Italy. She is better known than her husband for her book A Diplomatist's Wife in Japan: Letters from Home to Home.
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