Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, Doctor of Laws is the daughter of Captain Alexander Ramsay of March and Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun.
Background
She was born Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Ramsay in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Her mother, Lady Saltoun, is the suo jure Lady Saltoun and the Chief of the name and arms of Fraser. Her father was great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother Princess Patricia of Connaught and a cousin of Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, making Katherine a second cousin of Margrethe II of Denmark and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Career
As the eldest daughter without any brothers, Fraser is the heir presumptive to the Chiefship and the Lordship held by her mother. Since one cannot become the chief of a clan without taking the clan"s surname, Lord Lyon King of Arms recognized her use of the surname Fraser in 1973. On 20 April 2005, Fraser was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.