George Frazer - Deputy-auditor of Excise
Biography
Birth: ca. 1701
Death: Oct 12, 1774
Deputy-auditor of excise in Edinburgh. He had at least two children, one of whom, Andrew, was sometime commissary at Dunkirk, France.1 Possibly married to Christian Paterson.
Life with James Boswell
Boswell mentions him as early as October 28, 1762, when Boswell had breakfast at Frazer's home in Edinburgh. Frazer is mentioned occasionally until his death on October 12, 1774, which Boswell described as "a striking circumstance to me, as I had known him long, and liked him much".2 Boswell describes all their meetings as pleasant.
Notes
Note 1: Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769, entry September 25, 1769.
Note 2: Boswell: the Ominous Years, 1774-1776, entry October 19, 1774.
Mentioned in
George Frazer is mentioned in:
- Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
