Aberdeenshire / Banffshire | 1616
Inverallochy is located on the Buchan Coast of Aberdeenshire, four miles South-East of Fraserburgh. Inverallochy was developed as a fishing village during the eighteenth century. Since medieval times, the territory was under the umbrella of two major Scottish families: the Cummings and the Frasers.
In 1504, King James IV confirmed to William Cuming of Inverallochy, and his spouse Margaret Hay, the lands of Inverallochy.
On 20 December 1616, King James VI granted Simon, the sixth Lord Fraser of Lovat, and Lady Jean Stewart, his wife, also Simon Fraser, their eldest son born in 1597, and his wife Jean Moncrieff, the lands of Inverallochy, with fort, manor place, lake, fishing, mill and mill lands, incorporated into the free Barony of Inverallochy.
His eldest son, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fraser of Inverallochy, younger, was a Jacobite, and commanded the Frasers of Lovat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 where he died.
After Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Lieutenant-General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser of Inverallochy, M.P. (c.1758-1809) 9th Baron of Inverallochy|National Trust for Scotland (public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
and thereafter followed a military career, reaching the rank of general. He fought in America, Flanders, Sicily, Egypt, Portugal and Spain. It is during the Peninsular War that he distinguished himself at the battle of Corunna (1809) being awarded the military gold medal.
The 15th Baron of Inverallochy is Jose Ramon Velez. He is married to Ana Mar Fernandez Pasarin. They have one daughter named Mencía.
Aberdeenshire / Banffshire | 1616
Inverallochy is located on the Buchan Coast of Aberdeenshire, four miles South-East of Fraserburgh. Inverallochy was developed as a fishing village during the eighteenth century. Since medieval times, the territory was under the umbrella of two major Scottish families: the Cummings and the Frasers.
In 1504, King James IV confirmed to William Cuming of Inverallochy, and his spouse Margaret Hay, the lands of Inverallochy.
On 20 December 1616, King James VI granted Simon, the sixth Lord Fraser of Lovat, and Lady Jean Stewart, his wife, also Simon Fraser, their eldest son born in 1597, and his wife Jean Moncrieff, the lands of Inverallochy, with fort, manor place, lake, fishing, mill and mill lands, incorporated into the free Barony of Inverallochy.
His eldest son, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fraser of Inverallochy, younger, was a Jacobite, and commanded the Frasers of Lovat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 where he died.
After Henry Raeburn, Portrait of Lieutenant-General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser of Inverallochy, M.P. (c.1758-1809) 9th Baron of Inverallochy|National Trust for Scotland (public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
and thereafter followed a military career, reaching the rank of general. He fought in America, Flanders, Sicily, Egypt, Portugal and Spain. It is during the Peninsular War that he distinguished himself at the battle of Corunna (1809) being awarded the military gold medal.
The 15th Baron of Inverallochy is Jose Ramon Velez. He is married to Ana Mar Fernandez Pasarin. They have one daughter named Mencía.
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