The following is a list of the chiefs of the Clan Fraser of Lovat. The Chiefs of Clan Fraser often use the Gaelic patronym MacShimidh.
| No. | Name | Died | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Sir Simon de Fraser | 1306 | Known as the Patriot, he led the clan during the Wars of Scottish Independence, fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 and was hanged, drawn and quartered. |
| II | Simon Fraser of Lovat | 1333 | Cousin of I. Led the clan at the Battle of Halidon Hill in which he was killed. All subsequent chiefs were known as MacShimidh 'son of Simon'. |
| III | Simon Fraser of Lovat | 1347 | Son of II. Fought at the Battle of Durham in which he was killed. |
| IV | Hugh Fraser of Lovat | 1397 | Son of III. |
| V | Alexander Fraser of Lovat | 1415 | Son of III. |
| VI | Hugh Fraser of Lovat | 1440 | Son of IV. Held the office of High Sheriff of Inverness-shire in 1431. |
| VII | Hugh Fraser of Lovat | 1450 | Son of VI. |
| VIII | Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat | 1501 | Son of VII. Made a Lord of Parliament in 1458 in Scottish Peerage. |
| IX | Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat | 1524 | Son of VIII. Held the office of Justiciar of the Highlands. |
| X | Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lovat Lovat | 1544 | Son of IX. Killed fighting against the MacDonalds and Camerons at the Battle of the Shirts. |
| XI | Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat | 1557 | Son of X. In 1555 he waited on Mary of Guise when she came to Inverness to hold assizes |
| XII | Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat | 1576 | Son of XI. Known as Red Hugh, in 1562 he met Mary, Queen of Scots at Inverness and was made Captain of Inverness Castle. |
| XIII | Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat | 1633 | Son of XII. Served at the Court of James I. |
| XIV | Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat | 1646 | Son of XIII. |
| XV | Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat | 1672 | Grandson of XIV. |
| XVI | Hugh Fraser, 9th Lord Lovat | 1696 | Son of XV. Married Lady Amelia Murray, daughter of the Duke of Atholl, who as a widow was later abducted by the Old Fox XVII Chief. |
| XVII | Thomas Fraser, 10th Lord Lovat | 1699 | Son of XIV. Supported the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. |
| XVIII | Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat | 1747 | Son of XVII. Most famous chief in clan history, known as the Fox, he was executed for treason in 1747 for his part in the 1745 Jacobite Rising. |
| XIX | Simon Fraser of Lovat | 1782 | Son of XVIII. General who served in the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. |
| XX | Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat[a] | 1815 | Son of XVIII. Served as British Consul at Tripoli and Algiers. |
| XXI | Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat | 1875 | Cousin of XX. Descended of the Frasers of Strichen, also created 1st Baron Lovat in the peerage of the United Kingdom. |
| XXII | Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat | 1887 | Son of XXI. Served as Lt.-Col. of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and was aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. |
| XXIII | Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat | 1933 | Son of XXII. Fought in the Second Boer War and World War I, and formed the Lovat Scouts. |
| XXIV | Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat | 1995 | Son of XXII. Famously led the Commando 4 Brigade during Operation Overlord of World War II, accompanied by his piper. Churchill described him as the handsomest man to slit a throat, and Hitler had 100k marks on his head, dead or alive. |
| XXV | Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat | Grandson of XXIV. Married Petra Palumbo in 2016. |
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