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In 1697, after the ninth Lord Lovat died, Simon Fraser, his brother, kidnapped and forcefully married the late Lord's widow Amelia. However, Lady Lovat's powerful family, the Atholls, were angered, and prosecuted Fraser, who fled the country. Fraser was convicted in absentia, attained, and sentenced to death. Due to his attainder, he could not succeed to the Lordship when the tenth Lord, also his brother, died.

In 1715, however, Fraser supported the Government against a Jacobite uprising and was rewarded by being pardoned for his crimes. In 1730, he won litigation seeking to confirm his title of Lord Lovat. In 1745, however, Lord Lovat participated in an uprising against the Crown and was therefore sentenced to death. He was beheaded on Tower Hill in London, becoming the last man to die in this manner. His titles, furthermore, were forfeit.

Later, in 1837, Thomas Fraser, who would have succeeded to the title but for the forfeiture, was created Baron Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1854, the attainder of the eleventh Lord was reversed, so Thomas Fraser became the twelfth Lord Lovat.

1 Lords Lovat ( 1458)

• Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (d. c. 1500)
• Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat (d. 1524)
• Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat (d. 1544)
• Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (d. 1558)
• Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat (d. 1577)
• Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat (c. 1572- 1633)
• Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat (d. 1646)
• Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat ( 1643- 1672)
• Hugh Fraser, 9th Lord Lovat ( 1666Events September 2 Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles II's baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, but only 16 people- 1696The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long.)
• Thomas Fraser, 10th Lord Lovat ( 1636Events February 24 King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. September 8 A vote of the Great- 1699Events January 26 Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. May 1 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley Births February 17 Georg Wenzeslaus v)
• Simon Fraser, 11th Lord LovatSimon Fraser, Lord Lovat (c. 1667 April 9, 1747, London), Scottish Jacobite, chief of the clan Fraser, was famous for his violent feuding and his changes of allegiances. In 1715, he had been a supporter of the House of Hanover, but in 1745 he changed side (c. 1667Events January 20 Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power April 27 The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyr- 1747Events January 31 The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 3 Battle) (forfeit 1747)
• Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat ( 1802Events March 16 West Point is established. March 25/ 27 Treaty of Amiens between France and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition. March 28 H. Olbers discovers the asteroid Pallas. May 19 Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the French legion d'ho- 1875) (restored 1854)
• Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat ( 1828- 1887)
• Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat ( 1871- 1933)
• Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat ( 1911- 1995)
• Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat (b. 1977)