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Hugh Fraser
Politician and Decorated World War Ii Military Officer
Male
Born
Jan 23, 1918
Died
Mar 6, 1984
Other Names
Fraser, Charles P...
Major the Honourable Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser MBE was a British Conservative politician and first husband of the author Lady Antonia Fraser.
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CHILDHOOD
1918
Birth
Born in 1918.
TEENAGE
1936
18 Years Old
He was educated at Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union, and at the Sorbonne. He was commissioned into the Lovat Scouts in 1936.
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TWENTIES
1940
22 Years Old
Fraser was awarded the 1940 Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm: "Capt Fraser was dropped by parachute near Somleuz in the Ardennes on 1 Sept 1944 to act as Liaison Officer between HQ SAS Troops and the Commander of Zone the Belgian Arme Secrete in whose zone SAS parties if the Belgian SAS Regt were then operating.
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1942
24 Years Old
Fraser was promoted to temporary Captain wef 14 April 1942 and became second in command of ‘C’ Squadron.
1943
25 Years Old
On 11 September 1943, ‘E’ Squadron commanded by Maj. Fraser embarked on HMS Aurora for Taranto, Italy, but it was allowed just four Jeeps fitted with Radio.
In June 1944, he was serving with 'F' Squadron.
Fraser was elected Member of Parliament for Stone in 1945, later Stafford and Stone following constituency boundary changes, from 1950 until 1983, and then Stafford again until his death.
THIRTIES
1956
38 Years Old
Fraser married the future author Lady Antonia Pakenham, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford, on 25 September 1956.
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FIFTIES
1975
57 Years Old
In 1975, while she was still married to Fraser, Lady Antonia Fraser met and started living with playwright Harold Pinter, who was also married at the time.
1977
59 Years Old
The Frasers divorced in 1977; Lady Antonia married Pinter in 1980 when his divorce became final.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1984
66 Years Old
Sir Hugh Fraser remained in parliament until his death from lung cancer in March 1984, aged 66.
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