Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat Quotes
Why, I am about doing very well, for I am preparing myself, sir, for a place where hardly any majors, and very few Lieutenant-Generals go. God save us, why should there be such a bustle about the taking off of an old grey head that cannot get up three steps without two men to support it?
He was a senior military officer in the Jacobin rebellion. He became the last person in Great Britian whon was executed by beheadung, although the law did not abolish it until the 20th century, He was 80 years old at the time of his execution and was quite feeble.
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Response to his executioner's question of how he was doing, London Tower, Just before his beheading, April 9, 1747
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Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, nicknamed 'the Fox', was a Scottish Jacobite and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, known for his feuding and changes of allegiance. In 1715, he had been a supporter of the House of Hanover, but in 1745 he changed sides and supported the Stuart claim on the crown of the United Kingdom. Lovat was among the Highlanders defeated at the Battle of Culloden and convicted of treason against the Crown, following which he was sentenced to death and subsequently beheaded.
