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	His bungalow, a low domed structure in lemon yellow colour was situated near [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)\|Kashmere Gate]] area, behind St. James Church.<ref name="Horton2002">{{cite book\|author=Patrick Horton\|title=Delhi\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA91\|year=2002\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|isbn=978-1-86450-297-8\|pages=91–}}</ref>		His bungalow, a low domed structure in lemon yellow colour was situated near [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)\|Kashmere Gate]] area, behind St. James Church.<ref name="Horton2002">{{cite book\|author=Patrick Horton\|title=Delhi\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA91\|year=2002\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|isbn=978-1-86450-297-8\|pages=91–}}</ref>

	He was killed near his home on 22 March 1835, by Kureem Khan, an assassin hired by [[Loharu State#History\|Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], Nawab of [[Loharu State\|Loharu]] and [[Ferozepur Jhirka]], who shot him with a [[carbine]] and Fraser died instantly. [[Loharu State#History\|Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], the ruler of [[Loharu State\|Loharu and Ferozepur Jhirka]] and father of noted Mughal poet, [[Daagh Dehlvi]] was hanged in connection with the murder. His death is mentioned in the ''[[Delhi Book]]'' (1844) of [[Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet\|Sir Thomas Metcalfe]], a subsequent agent at the Mughal imperial court.<ref name=brit>{{cite web \|author=Sir Thomas Metcalfe\|~~authorlink~~=Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet\| title = {{sic\|nolink=y\|~~Assasination~~}} of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India\| url = http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/a/019addor0005475u00031vrb.html \|publisher=British Library\| ~~accessdate~~ = 2014-02-01 }}</ref>		He was killed near his home on 22 March 1835, by Kureem Khan, an assassin hired by [[Loharu State#History\|Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], Nawab of [[Loharu State\|Loharu]] and [[Ferozepur Jhirka]], who shot him with a [[carbine]] and Fraser died instantly. The assassination was done due to Shamsuddin being aggrieved at Fraser's espousal of his brother's claims in a property dispute.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Pavan K. Varma\|title=Ghalib\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxtqXcZ9ZTEC\|year=2008\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=978-0-14306-481-7\|pages=71–}}</ref> [[Loharu State#History\|Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], the ruler of [[Loharu State\|Loharu and Ferozepur Jhirka]] and father of noted Mughal poet, [[Daagh Dehlvi]] was hanged in connection with the murder. His death is mentioned in the ''[[Delhi Book]]'' (1844) of [[Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet\|Sir Thomas Metcalfe]], a subsequent agent at the Mughal imperial court.<ref name=brit>{{cite web \|author=Sir Thomas Metcalfe\|author-link=Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet\| title = {{sic\|nolink=y\|Assas\|ination}} of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India\| url = http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/a/019addor0005475u00031vrb.html \|publisher=British Library\| access-date = 2014-02-01 }}</ref>

	He was first buried at local burial ground, thereafter reburied at the [[St. James' Church, Delhi]] by [[James Skinner (soldier)\|Colonel James Skinner]], who built the church in 1836.<ref name=brit/>		He was first buried at local burial ground, thereafter reburied at the [[St. James' Church, Delhi]] by [[James Skinner (soldier)\|Colonel James Skinner]], who built the church in 1836.<ref name=brit/>

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[[File:William Fraser.jpg|thumb|200px|William Fraser, 1806 painting]]
'''William Fraser''' (1784 – 22 March 1835) was a British India civil servant who was an [[Political Resident|Agent]] to the [[Governor General of India]] and Commissioner of the Delhi Territory during the reign of the last [[Mughal Emperor]], [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]].<ref name=brit/><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/visual-tour-of-white-mughal-india/1/222857.html Visual Tour of White Mughal India : Nikita Puri, News - India Today]</ref><ref>[http://sites.asiasociety.org/princesandpainters/emperors-and-white-mughals/ Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi » Emperors and White Mughals]</ref> He was a brother of [[James Baillie Fraser]].<ref name=spec1>[[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/the-forgotten-masterpieces-of-indian-art/ The forgotten masterpieces of Indian art], Spect[ator UK, 18 December 2019.</ref>

==Biography==
The village of [[Rania, Sirsa|Rania]], now in Haryana, ''"was home to Amiban, main mistress to William Fraser, and his two Anglo-Indian sons and daughter."''<ref name=spec1/>

His bungalow, a low domed structure in lemon yellow colour was situated near [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)|Kashmere Gate]] area, behind St. James Church.<ref name="Horton2002">{{cite book|author=Patrick Horton|title=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA91|year=2002|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-86450-297-8|pages=91–}}</ref>

He was killed near his home on 22 March 1835, by Kureem Khan, an assassin hired by [[Loharu State#History|Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], Nawab of [[Loharu State|Loharu]] and [[Ferozepur Jhirka]], who shot him with a [[carbine]] and Fraser died instantly. [[Loharu State#History|Nawab Shamsuddin Ahmed Khan]], the ruler of [[Loharu State|Loharu and Ferozepur Jhirka]] and father of noted Mughal poet, [[Daagh Dehlvi]] was hanged in connection with the murder. His death is mentioned in the ''[[Delhi Book]]'' (1844) of [[Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet|Sir Thomas Metcalfe]], a subsequent agent at the Mughal imperial court.<ref name=brit>{{cite web |author=Sir Thomas Metcalfe|authorlink=Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet| title = {{sic|nolink=y|Assasination}} of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India| url = http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/a/019addor0005475u00031vrb.html |publisher=British Library| accessdate = 2014-02-01 }}</ref>

He was first buried at local burial ground, thereafter reburied at the [[St. James' Church, Delhi]] by [[James Skinner (soldier)|Colonel James Skinner]], who built the church in 1836.<ref name=brit/>
Today William Fraser's bungalow houses the Office of Chief Engineer Northern Railways (Construction) and has restricted entry. [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] mentions visiting the bungalow in his 1994 book ''[[City of Djinns]]''.<ref name="Horton2002"/>

==Fraser Album==
[[File:Elephant and driver, probably from the Mughal Emperor's stable with a hunting howdar, including pistol, bows and a rifle.jpg|thumb|220px|A folio from ''[[Fraser Album]]'', c.1815–1819]]

He was among the British officers who were greatly influenced by the Mughal culture. He was a great patron of arts, and was a big admirer of Mughal poet, [[Ghalib]]. He also commissioned famed art work called as the ''[[Fraser Album]]''. It consisted of works by renowned artists of Mughal era.<ref>[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/a-fraser-album-artist-1815-1819-the-bullock-drawn-5234711-details.aspx A Fraser Album Artist, 1815-1819 | The Bullock-drawn carriage of Prince Mirza Babur | Private Collections & Country House Sales Auction | watercolor, Great Britain | Christie'...]</ref> The artwork covered the life in Mughal era during the time.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Description of assassination of William Fraser, Agent to the Governor-General of India, in a 1843 manuscript.jpg|Description of assassination of William Frazer in ''[[Delhi Book]]'' (1844) of [[Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet|Sir Thomas Metcalfe]]
File:William Fraser Tomb.jpg|Tomb of William Fraser at [[St. James' Church, Delhi]], near [[Kashmiri Gate (Delhi)|Kashmiri Gate]].
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of British Residents or Political Agents in Delhi, 1803–57]]

==References==
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==External links==
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