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'''Sir Alexander Fraser, 1st Baronet''' ({{circa|1607}} – 1681), was principal [[physician]] to King [[Charles II of England]]. He had also accompanied Charles I during his imprisonment at [[Carisbrooke Castle]]. In 1667 [[Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey]] sued him over a debt of £30 for firewood and Fraser was briefly imprisoned. However the king had him released and Godfrey imprisoned and his bailiffs whipped. Godfrey was released after a hunger strike.<ref>referred to in [[Pepys Diary]]</ref>
A son of Adam Fraser, he married Mary Carey, the fourth daughter of Sir Ferdinando Carey and his wife, Philippa Throckmorton. Their daughter, Mistress [[Carey Fraser]] (born c. 1660), became the wife of [[Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough|Charles Mordaunt]], [[Earl of Monmouth]] and [[Earl of Peterborough|Peterborough]].
Dr. Fraser was created [[Fraser baronets|Baronet Fraser]], of Dores (or Doores, Durris, etc.), in the historic [[county of Kincardine]], on 2 August 1673.
==See also==
*[[Physician to the Queen]]
*[[Physician in ordinary]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p15261.htm#i152610 thepeerage.com]
*{{Google books|mRIvAAAAMAAJ|The Book of Bon-Accord: or, A Guide to the City of Aberdeen|page=318}} (Aberdeen, 1839)
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