Alexander Fraser of StrichenRepresenter of the Baronial House of Strichen
and Moniak
Representer of the Baronial House of Fraser of Strichen and Moniak (Alexander James Fraser of Strichen and Moniak)
family were barons of Strichen and Moniak
Credentials
- • Lord Lyon recognised Alexander James Fraser of Strichen and Moniak as Representer of the Baronial House of Fraser of Strichen and Moniak, matriculating arms with a blue chapeau at LO 78/10 on 17 May 1994. The blue chapeau marks the representer of a baronial family no longer in possession of the barony. It is not recognition as Baron of Strichen or of Moniak, and the Roll does not style the representer as one. Sir Thomas Innes of Learney wrote that such a chapeau "descends to the 'heir and representative' of such 'baronial race'—who in the Continental sense is of course a 'Baron'" (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 79, p. 155), though not a baron in Scots law, the barony having passed with the land. See the glossary entry "Representer (of a House)" at baronage.com/scottish-baronies-expla…. The baronies of Strichen and Moniak are separate dignities; see the Roll's Strichen (entry 35, awaiting verification) and Moniak (entry 404, dormant).
Authentication
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