词条 | Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander |
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CareerBorn in Partick, Lanarkshire (now in Glasgow), Hugh Fraser was educated at Glasgow Academy and Warriston School near Moffat.[1] In 1919 he joined his father's business, a shop in Buchanan Street in Glasgow.[1] He became Managing Director in 1924 and Chairman on his father's death in 1927.[1] He expanded the business by acquisition buying department stores throughout Scotland as well as the John Barker Group and Harrods in England and Argentina.[1] In 1948 he established Scottish & Universal Investments ('SUITS') to acquire non-retail businesses including the Glasgow Herald.[1] In 1945 he purchased Mugdock Castle from the Duke of Montrose. He was created a baronet, styled "of Dineiddwg in the County of Stirling", in 1961,[2] and was subsequently created Baron Fraser of Allander, of Dineiddwg in the County of Stirling, in 1964. He died in 1966 at "Dineiddwg", his home at Mugdock.[1] FamilyIn 1931 he married Kathleen Hutcheon and together they went on to have one son and one daughter.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite ODNB|id=33252|title=Fraser, Hugh, first Baron Fraser of Allander}} {{s-start}}{{s-reg|uk}}{{succession box | title=Baron Fraser of Allander | before=(new creation) | after=Hugh Fraser | years=1964–1966}}{{s-reg|uk-bt}}{{succession box | title=Baronet2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=42260|page=603|date=24 January 1961}} (of Dineiddwg) | before=(new creation) | after=Hugh Fraser | years=1961–1966}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Hugh 1st Baron Fraser Of Allander}}{{UK-baron-stub}} 11 : 1903 births|1966 deaths|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom|Clan Fraser|House of Fraser|People educated at Warriston School|People educated at the Glasgow Academy|Scottish businesspeople|The Herald (Glasgow) people|People from Glasgow |
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