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Col Henry Fraser

Also known as: Col Henry Fraser; primary name: Fraser, Henry
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: 1833/5-1906
Biography: Henry Fraser was a Colonel in the Madras Cavalry. He married Catherine Mary Fitzgerald in 1869 and had two children, Agnes Mary and Charles. Fraser donated a silver filigree casket containing six bottles, a funnel and a ladle to the Museum in 1904. The documents which accompanied the donation state that the casket came from the palace of Tipu Sultan and were acquired by Henry Fraser’s uncle, Hastings Fraser in 1799.
Bibliography: Further details of Henry Frasers family can be found at http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah/the-attar-casket-of-tipu-sultan/casket-case-study-the-fraser-family-living-between-britain-and-india/