Background
She was born as Marion Anne Forbes to Robert Forbes and Elizabeth Taylor Watt, and educated at Hutchesons" Girls" Grammar School (Glasgow), the University of Glasgow (Master of Arts), and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
She was born as Marion Anne Forbes to Robert Forbes and Elizabeth Taylor Watt, and educated at Hutchesons" Girls" Grammar School (Glasgow), the University of Glasgow (Master of Arts), and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
University of Glasgow. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
In 1996, shortly after stepping down as Director of Saint Mary"s, she was created a Lady of the Order of the Thistle. Fraser has been a trustee of the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust since 1989, and President of Scotland"s Churches Scheme since 1997. She was trustee of the Lamp of Lothian Collegiate Trust from 1996 to 2005, and Chairman of the Board of Christian Aid from 1990–1997, and of both the Scottish International Piano Competition and the Scottish Association for Mental Health from 1995 to 1999. degree by the University of Stirling in 1998.
Fraser was made an Honorary Member of the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in 1998 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2002, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Glasgow in 1995 and an honorary Doctorate.Univ.