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| Caption: | Lady Lovat, Rosamond Delves Broughton was born in London on 20th May 1917, to Major Sir Henry John 'Jock' Delves Broughton of the Irish Guards and his wife Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen. She married Simon Joseph Fraser (9th July 1911-16th March 1995), Master of Lovat and 15th Lord Lovat, known to his friends as Shimi from the historic gaelic title The MacShimidh (son of Simon) for the chief of the Clan Fraser, on 10th October 1938. They took over Beaufort Castle from his mother, although it had been almost destroyed in a fire in June 1937. They had six children. Lady Lovat moved to London in her later years to be closer to most of her family and died at her home on Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge on 3rd March 2012 and was buried alongside her husband in the family plot at the historic St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on the banks of the river Beauly in Eskadale. |
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