Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3419
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Aberdeen North October 1974 general election. MP (Conservative) for Angus South 1979-83, for Angus East 1983-87
Parliamentary career
PPS to George Younger as Secretary of State for Scotland 1981-82;
Solicitor General for Scotland 1982-88
Lords career
Lord Advocate 1989-92;
Minister of State:
Scottish Office 1992-95,
Department of Trade and Industry 1995-97;
Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1997-98;
Opposition Spokesperson for Trade and Industry 1997-98
Party groups
Chair, Scottish Conservative Lawyers Reform Group 1976;
Parliamentary Group on Emergency Services
Political interests
Wholesale finance
Countries of interest
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, of Carmyllie in the District of Angus 1989
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, In2Matrix Services Group (international consulting firm)
Non-executive Director, ICE Futures Europe (futures exchange for global energy markets)
Non-executive Director, ICE Clear (clearing services for ICE Futures Europe)
Non-executive Director, TOTAL Exploration UK Ltd
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Advocate (non-practising)
Business adviser, Costa Carlisle Solicitors, London NW1
Continuing work in connection with appointment by Trafigura in November 2006 to conduct an independent inquiry into events following discharge of slops from the vessel Probo Koala in the Cote d'Ivoire port of Abidjan
4: Shareholdings (b)
ICE (futures market in USA and UK)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, 4-10 October 2011; cost of return flights met by Anglo-Azerbaijan Society and British-Kazakh Society; other flight and accommodation paid for by the Member himself (with the possibility of reimbursement next year)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Non-executive Director, Datastore Solutions Ltd
Chairman, Nova General Partner Co Ltd (unremunerated)
Chairman, Nova Founding Partner Ltd (unremunerated)
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Council Member, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Anglo-Azerbaijani Society
Chairman, British-Kazakh Society