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FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS , Bart. (1826-1898), English politician, author and collector, was born on the loth of February 1826, the son of Sir James John Fraser, 3rd baronet
Wellington 's staff at Waterloo. He was educated at Eton
Church
Oxford
Guards
parliament , and the ups and downs of his political career were rather remark-able. He was returned for Barnstaple in 1852, but the election was declared void on account of bribery, and the constituency was disfranchised for two years. At the election of 1857 Sir William, who had meantime been defeated at Harwich, was again returned at Barnstaple. He was, however, defeated .in 1859, but was elected in 1863 at Ludlow. This seat he held for only two years, when he was again defeated and did not re-enter parliament until 1874, when he was returned for Kidderminster, a constituency he represented for six years, when he retired. He was a familiar
Wellington , Disraeli and Napoleon
relics
Napoleon
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