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'''Sir Stuart Milford Fraser''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCSI|CIE}} (2 June 1864 – 1 December 1963) was a distinguished officer of the Foreign and Political Department of the [[Government of India]]. Five years after joining the [[Indian Civil Service]], he was appointed tutor to the Maharajas of [[Kolhapur]] and [[Bhavnagar]], and later (1896–1902) was tutor and guardian to the [[Maharaja of Mysore]]. The [[Fraser Town, Bangalore|Fraser Town]] locality in Bangalore was named after him.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
[[File:Fraser Town Foundation.jpg|thumb|left|Stone Inscription at [[Fraser Town, Bangalore|Fraser Town]], [[Bangalore]], [[India]]]]<br />
Stuart Milford Fraser was educated at [[Blundell's School]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]]. He passed the examination for the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1882 and was allocated to the [[Bombay Presidency]].<br />
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==Tutoring of princes==<br />
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Within 5 years Fraser was selected as guardian and tutor to the Raja of Kolhapur, later to become [http://www.shahumaharaj.com Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj] after being educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]].<br />
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He later had responsibility for the leadership preparations of the Maharajah of Bhavanagar, Shri Bhavsinhji II (1875–1919) after schooling at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]] like his father, [[Takhtsinhji]] and son, [[Krishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh]] the last Maharaja of [[Bhavnagar]].<br />
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In 1896 Fraser was appointed as governor and tutor to the young [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV]], [[Maharaja of Mysore]], who was later to become known as a beneficent ruler who enhanced the reputation of [[Mysore]] as a model state.<br />
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==Anglo-Tibetan Convention 1904==<br />
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In 1903 Fraser went to the Foreign Department at Calcutta and Simla as deputy secretary and in 1904 was sent by [[Lord Curzon]] as H.M Commissioner to negotiate with the Chinese about the Anglo-Tibetan Convention (requiring Tibet to open its border with British India).<br />
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==Later career==<br />
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Fraser returned to India in 1905 as [[Resident (title)|Resident]] in Mysore and [[List of Chief Commissioners of Coorg|Chief Commissioner of Coorg]]. In 1911 Fraser was appointed Resident in Kashmir and for several months in 1914 was acting Resident in [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]].<br />
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At the commencement of the [[First World War]], with [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]] taking the side of [[German Empire|Germany]], it was Fraser’s resolute and confident approach that persuaded [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]], the Nizam of Hyderabad, to resist defeatist view and ensure continued support for the [[British Raj]].<br />
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==Fraser Town, Bangalore, India==<br />
{{main article|Fraser Town, Bangalore}}<br />
'''Fraser Town''' is a suburb of [[Bangalore Cantonment]], in Bangalore North-East, spread over 4 km2. It was established in 1906 and is named after Stuart Mitford Fraser (1864-1963).<ref name="My Bangalore" /> Fraser Town was established to de-congest the growing Bangalore Civil and Military Station (otherwise known as the [[Bangalore Cantonment]]).<ref name=Dasharathi>{{cite web|last1=Dasharathi|first1=Poornima|title=Cantonment: colonial past, multicultural present|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/295-bangalore-cantonment|publisher=Citizen Matters|accessdate=23 December 2014|date=23 July 2008}}</ref> The foundation of Fraser Town was laid in August 1910 by Mrs. F J Richards, with a commemorative plaque on the corner of Coles Road and [[Mosque Road]] [https://www.google.com.au/maps/@12.9959189,77.6133888,20z].<ref name=Aliyeh2>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Say a little prayer|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/Say-a-little-prayer/articleshow/43100609.cms|accessdate=29 December 2014|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=21 September 2014}}</ref> Fraser Town is a residential and commercial suburb, the prominent roads being Promenade Road, Netaji Road, Madhavraya Mudaliar Road (M M Road), Haines Road, Spencer Road, Wheeler Road, Mosque Road, etc. The suburb is known for its communal harmony with Hindus, Muslims and Christians living side by side in peace.<ref name="My Bangalore">{{cite web|title=Frazer Town|url=http://www.mybangalore.com/locality/fraser-town.html|publisher=My Bangalore|accessdate=23 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
*Obituary - Sir Stuart Fraser, The Times, 4 December 1963 (pg. 18; Issue 55875; col A)<br />
*Obituary - Sir Stuart Fraser, Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, LI (1964), p.&nbsp;197<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=KCm1s6NYjpkC&dq=%22Sir+Stuart+Fraser%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s Royal India: a descriptive and historical study of India's fifteen principal states and their rulers, Maud Diver, Ayer Publishing, 1971] {{ISBN|0-8369-2152-6}} {{ISBN|978-0-8369-2152-6}}<br />
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