Frasers of Philorth

The Frasers of Philorth are a Scottish lowlands family, originally from the Anjou region of France.[1] Castle Fraser, their family seat, is in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[2] Since the time of Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, the heads of the Philorth family are the Lords Saltoun.[3] The current head of the Frasers of Philorth is Katharine Fraser, 22nd Lady Saltoun, who is Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Fraser. The family's arms are "azure, three cinquefoils argent"—three silver strawberry flowers on a field of blue. The heraldic cinquefoil is a stylized five-point leaf; the cinquefoils which appear on the Fraser of Philorth coat-of-arms are specifically strawberry flowers. Only the Lady or Lord Saltoun is permitted to display these arms plain and undifferenced.

  1. ^ Fraser, Alexander (1879). The Frasers of Philorth. Edinburgh. p. 1:6. Retrieved 17 December 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Munro, David M.; Gittings, Bruce (2006). Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins. p. 113. ISBN 978-0004724669.
  3. ^ Fraser, Fiona. "History". Fraserchief. Retrieved 17 December 2019.