the town but this scheme was short-lived due to the religious troubles of the time. The eighth Laird of Philorth built Fraserburgh Castle, which later became the Kinnaird Head lighthouse. This bankrupted him and Philorth Castle was lost from the family for over three hundred years until 1934 when it was bought back by the 19th Lord Saltoun. Lords Saltoun 17th and 18th centuries The ninth Laird of Philorth married the heiress of the Abernethy Lords Saltoun. Their son, Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, was severely wounded at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. He survived thanks to his servant, James Cardno, who rescued him from the battlefield. In 1666 the tenth Lord built Philorth House a mile from Fraserburgh which remained the family seat until it burned down in 1915. Sir Alexander Fraser of Durris was personal physician to Charles II of England. He was educated at Aberdeen and accompanied the king on his campaign throughout 1650. After the Restoration he sat in the Scottish Parliament and he featured in the diaries of Samuel Pepys. The Fraser family took no part in the Jacobite risings, although their distant Highland relatives in the Clan Fraser of Lovat were Jacobites. 19th and 20th centuries The sixteenth Lord Saltoun commanded the Light Companies of the First Guards at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The nineteenth Lord Saltoun was a prisoner of war during World War I in Germany. Later, in 1936 he became a member of the House of Lords and promoted the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. See also Clan Fraser of Lovat Scottish clan Georgina Fraser Newhall, author of "Fraser's Drinking Song" References External links Website of Lady Saltoun, Chief of the Name and Arms of Fraser Baronage Press's Fraser section Fraser Heraldry Fraser Societies Clan Fraser Society of Australia Clan Fraser Association for California Clan Fraser Society Scotland UK Clan Fraser Society of North America Fraser Fraser Scottish Lowlands