Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

E885802

Jacobite Scottish nobleman clan chief executed person

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and clan chief, famously executed for treason after the 1745 Jacobite Rising and remembered as the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Lovat	7
Fraser of Lovat	4
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat canonical	3
Simon Fraser of Lovat (Master of Lovat)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10785258 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Context triple: [Fraser, hasNotableBearer, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat]

A. George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
B. James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 18th century who held high offices and influence within the Kingdom of Great Britain.
C. James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who inherited the Montrose title and estates and sat in the Parliament of Scotland.
D. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and brilliant military commander famed for his daring campaigns for King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
E. John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Target entity description: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and clan chief, famously executed for treason after the 1745 Jacobite Rising and remembered as the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain.

A. George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as a leading figure in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
B. James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 18th century who held high offices and influence within the Kingdom of Great Britain.
C. James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who inherited the Montrose title and estates and sat in the Parliament of Scotland.
D. James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and brilliant military commander famed for his daring campaigns for King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
E. John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose, was a Scottish nobleman of the influential Graham family who held the earldom of Montrose in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jacobite ⓘ Scottish nobleman ⓘ clan chief ⓘ executed person ⓘ
allegiance	Jacobite cause ⓘ linked to: Jacobitism
burialPlace	Tower of London (likely Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula) ⓘ linked to: Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula
causeOfDeath	treason conviction ⓘ
child	Simon Fraser of Lovat (Master of Lovat) ⓘ linked to: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
convictedOf	high treason ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1667-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1747-04-09 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
executionSite	Tower Hill, London ⓘ
familyName	Fraser ⓘ
fullName	Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat ⓘ
givenName	Simon ⓘ
historicalReputation	notorious for duplicity and shifting loyalties ⓘ
involvedIn	Jacobite Rising of 1715 ⓘ linked to: Jacobite rising of 1715 Jacobite Rising of 1745 ⓘ linked to: Jacobite rising of 1745
knownFor	advanced age at time of execution ⓘ political intrigue between Jacobites and British government ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legalStatusOfTitleAfterDeath	forfeited ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution by beheading ⓘ
memberOf	Clan Fraser of Lovat ⓘ linked to: Clan Fraser
monarchDuringDeath	George II ⓘ linked to: George II of Great Britain
nickname	The Old Fox ⓘ
nobleTitle	Lord Lovat ⓘ linked to: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
notableEvent	impeachment and trial in Westminster Hall, 1746–1747 ⓘ
notableFor	being the last man to be publicly beheaded in Britain ⓘ participation in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 ⓘ
parent	Thomas Fraser of Beaufort ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tower Hill, London, England ⓘ linked to: Tower Hill, London
portrayedAs	“The Old Fox” ⓘ linked to: The Old Fox
portrayedIn	Outlander (television series) ⓘ linked to: Outlander
positionHeld	Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire ⓘ linked to: Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
spouse	Margaret Grant ⓘ Primrose Campbell ⓘ
titleRestored	Lord Lovat ⓘ linked to: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
trialHeldBy	House of Lords ⓘ

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