In the past he was shown to be dressed in a formal black attire similar to those worn by the current Clan Leaders. His facial features are similar to Raskreia's. Lovat is a habitational name from Beauly in Inverness-shire, so named from Gaelic lobh 'rot', 'putrefy' + the locative suffix -aid.Unlike his daughter, he has long, blond hair that extends almost to his waist.Another suggestion is that the Frasers were a tribe in Roman Gaul, whose badge was a strawberry plant. The earliest recorded versions of the name, from the 12th century, are de Fresel, de Friselle and de Freseliere, which appear to be Norman. Fraser may be derived from Fredarius, Fresel or Freseau.Simon comes from Σιμων (Simon), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard".Kate McBryan was a woman who bore Simon's illegitimate son Alexander Fraser.In 1736 their son Archibald Fraser was born. Simon had so compromised her reputation that she was forced to marry him. Primrose arrived to find not her mother, but Simon Fraser himself, and then discovered that she was in a brothel. He wrote to Primrose telling her that her mother has fallen sick and gave her the address of the house her mother was in. Primrose Campbell was a woman whom Simon married through trickery.They had four more children: Alexander (Alistair) Fraser, Georgina Fraser, Janet Fraser, and Sibylla Fraser. Together they had a son named Young Simon in 1726. Margaret Grant was the Grant o' Grant's daughter whom Simon married in 1716.Lady Amelia's family were so enraged that Simon was charged, tried and sentenced to death, the marriage was annulled and he was stripped of his titles. Lady Amelia was the widow of the 10th Lord Lovat who was a distant relation, who Simon snatched from her bed in the middle of the night and married her on the spot, thus securing for himself the title of 11th Lord Lovat and chief of Clan Fraser, as well as the estates that accompanied the position.Davina Porter was one of the maids at Castle Downie who in 1691 bore Simon's illegitimate son Brian Fraser.At the time that Claire met Lord Lovat he was in his seventies. He held his back like a ramrod, with gray hair, and wore false teeth. Physical AppearanceĬlaire describes him as a squat-bodied elderly man with shoulders nearly as broad as Jamie's. Jamie described him as a terrible auld monster. In 1747, Simon is beheaded on Tower Hill after being tried for treason. If Charles Stuart wins then Lord Lovat can claim Lallybroch as his land because he raised men from the estate to answer Charles Stuart's call. Lord Lovat tells Charles Stuart that he is sending him 200 men, but he sends only 170 from Beauly and surreptitiously includes Jamie's 30 Lallybroch men in his regiment without Jamie's knowledge. He sends his son, Young Simon with men from Clan Fraser to join Charles Stuart, along with a letter explaining that he is too ill to attend himself and a gift of a gold and sterling picnic set. Lord Lovat seizes upon Claire's diagnosis of prostatitis as a way of remaining non-committal with regards to the Jacobite rebellion. ![]() ![]() Claire diagnoses Lord Lovat as suffering from prostatitis. Lord Lovat continues to prevaricate about committing to the Jacobite cause and is at odds with his son, Young Simon, who is itching to go. Lord Lovat is shocked into silence and Jamie throws his false teeth on the fire. Jamie tells Lord Lovat that no man would dare harm Claire because she is a white lady like Dame Aliset. When Jamie refuses, Lord Lovat threatens harm to Claire if he doesn't. He then asks Jamie to swear an oath of loyalty to him. Lord Lovat spends two weeks with Jamie questioning him about Charles Stuart's cause. Jamie speaks hastily to Lord Lovat and he shows him who's boss by having three men hold Jamie down while Young Simon punches him in the stomach. Lord Lovat consults his seer, Maisri, to help come to a decision, but she refuses to tell him what she can see of the future and he throws her out into the hallway. In 1745, Jamie and Claire arrive at Castle Beaufort to ask Lord Lovat to commit his clan to the Jacobite cause.
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