History of the Frasers of Lovat: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name: To Which Is Added Those of Dunballoch and Phopachy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Frasers of Lovat: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name: To Which Is Added Those of Dunballoch and PhopachyThis work has extended to such a length that it would be impossible to include the Aberdeenshire Erasers in one volume, even if it were considered desirable to give here an account of that family. There is, however, no need for this, Lord Saltoun having, only a few years ago, published three handsome volumes giving the history and genealogies of his own family - the Frasers of Philorth and their branches. But there never has been any full account of the Frasers of Lovat and the several families descended from that stock.The Historical Account of the Family of Fraser by the late John Anderson, published in 1825, although written for a special purpose and in the interest of the Lovat family, contains much valuable information, and it has to some extent been taken advantage of in the preparation of this work. It does not, however, deal with any of the branches beyond the briefest reference, and is not a genealogical work at all except as regards the main line of the family. And even in that it cannot always be implicitly relied upon.This work is not only historical and genealogical but is chronogically arranged from beginning to end, the minor families being dealt with in the order in which they branched off from the main stem, except those of illegitimate origin, which come in later.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com