Alexander Arthur Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun, (8 March 1886 – 31 August 1979), styled Master of Saltoun until 1933, was a Scottish peer who was one of the longest-serving representative peers, serving in the House of Lords from 1935 to 1963.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun, and Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew, sister of Sir Henry Christopher Grattan-Bellew, 3rd Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Forfar and Kincardine Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) in 1905. After it was disbanded he transferred to a Special Reserve battalion of the Gordon Highlanders and served as a Captain and Honorary Major in that regiment during World War I, when he was taken prisoner of war. On 8 June 1920, he married Dorothy Geraldine Welby and they had two children: He died at Cross Deep, his home in Twickenham, aged 93.