Robert Fraser

Robert Fraser Esq. took up residence at Malta House in 1818, having spent several years out of Scotland.¹ He had a son born there on 01 August 1818.² A year later, he went to London with two daughters, leaving his wife and younger children at Malta House. His place of domicile was disputed when the Edinburgh watchmakers Reid and Auld began legal proceedings to recover a debt from him.³ In 1820 and 1824 he was styled ‘late of Malta House’.⁴

1. Wilson, J., Tait, G., Rollo, R., Somerville, F. and Fletcher, M. A. (1825) Decisions of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Session from November 1819 to November 1822. Edinburgh: Manners & Miller. pp. 403-405. https://google.co.uk/books/: accessed 31 October 2024.
2. Birth announcements. Scotland. Caledonian Mercury. 06 August 1818. FRASER. p. 3, col. 3  https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 31 October 2024.
3. Wilson, J., Tait, G., Rollo, R., Somerville, F. and Fletcher, M. A. (1825) Decisions of the First and Second Divisions of the Court of Session from November 1819 to November 1822. Edinburgh: Manners & Miller. pp. 403-405. https://google.co.uk/books/: accessed 31 October 2024.
4. Lists of members of the Highland Society.