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156 APPENDIX OF CADET FAMILIES.
sister of Eleanor Gordon, who was the wife of the fourteenth Lord), and by
her had, at least, two sons and two daughters, between the latter of whom he
left the estate of Park. Of these, the elder, Henrietta, married John M'Bean,
Esq. of Jamaica, and died without issue ; the younger, Eleanor, died unmarried.
George Eraser, the eldest son, became a prosperous and affluent merchant
in London, and although married, had no issue. He bought the estate of
Park from his sisters, generously paying them a price far above its actual
value, and, at his death on the 2d November 1837, he left it to his eldest nephew.
John Fraser, the second son, born in 1759-60, entered the army in 1778,
and became a general officer, and Knight Grand Cross of Hanover. He
served on board the " Defence," under Sir George Eodney, which ship, in
the general action of the 16th June 1780, took the Spanish admiral's ship, the
" Phcenix," of superior force. He served at Gibraltar during the famous siege
of 1800-2, at which time he had attained to the rank of colonel, and was
twice severely wounded, once by a splinter, and again by a cannon-ball,
which carried off his right leg. In 1804, when in command on the coast of
Africa, he was attacked by a very superior force, and at last obliged to capi-
tulate, but not until the loss inflicted upon the enemy exceeded the numbers
of the British force at the commencement of the attack.
Sir John Fraser was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Chester Castle in
1828, which post he retained until his death on the 14th November 1843, in
his eighty-fourth year.
He was the beau-ideal of an honourable, upright, chivalrous soldier, and
his memory is affectionately cherished by the writer of this history, his god-
son, to whom he showed unvarying kindness.
He married, first, on the 15th April 1790, Evorilda, daughter of James
Hamer, Esq. of Hamer Hall, Lancashire, and by her had one son and three
daughters —
William James.
Catherine, married William Colgrave, Esq. of Branbridge and Mere Hall,
Lancashire, and has issue.
Evorilda, married General Chesney (Euphrates expedition), and died on
the 21st November 1840, without issue.
Eleonora, died unmarried.