Peter Lovat Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie (29 May 1945 – 22 June 2013) was a Scottish politician and advocate who served as the Solicitor General for Scotland (1982–1989) and the Lord Advocate (1989–1992).

Early life and family

He was born in Luanshya, Zambia, where his father, George Robson Fraser, served as a Church of Scotland minister. He attended preparatory school in Grahamstown, South Africa, until the age of 12, when his mother, Helen Jean Meiklejohn, died. Prime Minister Anthony Eden intervened at the request of family friend Brendan Bracken to help Fraser obtain a scholarship to Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, the private school where Eden was a trustee. The couple had three children: Jane, Jamie, and Katie, as well as 8 grandchildren.

Conservative politician

Fraser campaigned for British entry into the European Economic Community in 1973.

He was secretary of the Conservative backbench Scottish Committee (1980–1982) and Parliamentary Private Secretary to George Younger, Secretary of State for Scotland (1981–1982). and was appointed a member of the Privy Council in the same year.

Baron Fraser was elected President of the charity Attend (then National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) and held the position from 1989 until his passing in 2013.

He held ministerial appointments in the second government of John Major (1992–1997). From 1992 to 1995 he was Minister of State at the Scottish Office covering Home Affairs and Health. He was then Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry with a responsibility for export promotion and overseas investment with particular emphasis on the oil and gas industry. In 1996 he became Minister for Energy at the same department. He was active through friendship societies in the Caspian region, promoting business links with Kazakhstan (as the founder of Kazlink Ltd. in 2002 and director of the British-Kazakh Society from 2003 Among other duties, he served as an independent adviser on the Scottish Government's committee on the ministerial code.

He was a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights and lived at Regent Terrace in Edinburgh.

Under the premiership of David Cameron (2010–2016), he served on a commission that investigated the European Court of Human Rights with a view to establishing the British Bill of Rights.

He died on 22 June 2013.

References

  • Fraser: my Lockerbie trial doubts
  • Lockerbie: was justice done?
  • Lockerbie returns to haunt "tricky" Malta witness
  • Pressure grows for explanation in Lockerbie witness dispute
  • It's time to look again at Lockerbie
  • Call to clear up Lockerbie doubt
  • Official Website of The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC
  • Parliamentary career of Lord Fraser of Carmyllie