The HOUSE OF FRASER Archive

Person: Fraser, James Arthur ( 1855-c 1911)

Name: James Arthur Fraser
Life dates: 1855-c 1911
Gender: Male
Occupation: retailer

Biography:

James Arthur Fraser was the eldest son of Hugh Fraser and Jane Bunting. On Hugh Fraser's death in 1873, James Arthur, then eighteen, was immediately assumed as a partner to manage his father's business, Fraser & McLaren, alongside his father's partner, Alexander McLaren, and his father's trustees. In 1894, following a court case in which David and Matthew Fraser, the two youngest sons of Hugh Fraser, unsuccessfully contested the transfer of the company, renamed Fraser Sons & Co in 1875, to James Arthur and his brothers John and Hugh, the existing co-partnership was dissolved and the three brothers commenced in business as sole partners. In 1909, Fraser Sons & Co was registered as a private company and James Arthur, together with Hugh and John, were appointed directors.

James Arthur retired on grounds of ill health in February 1906. He died in about 1911.

Sources:

Moss, Michael and Turton, Alison, A Legend of Retailing: House of Fraser, London 1989

Related people and companies:

Name: Fraser, Hugh,1815-1873, retailer
Dates of connection: 1855-1873
Connection type: James Arthur was the eldest son of Hugh Fraser.
Company name: Fraser & McLaren
Dates of connection: 1873-1875
Connection type: James Arthur was a partner of Fraser & McLaren.
Name: McLaren, Alexander, fl 1850-1875, retailer
Dates of connection: 1873-1875
Connection type: James Arthur and Alexander McLaren became business partners in 1873.
Company name: Fraser Sons & Co
Dates of connection: 1875-1906
Connection type: James Arthur was a partner of Fraser Sons & Co.
Company name: Fraser Sons & Co Ltd
Dates of connection: 1909-1911
Connection type: James Arthur was a director of Fraser Sons & Co Ltd.
Company name: Fraser Sons & Co Ltd | Board of Directors
Dates of connection: 1909-1911
Connection type: James Arthur was on the board of directors from 1909 to 1911.
Name: Fraser, John, b 1859, retailer
Dates of connection: 1859-c 1911
Connection type: John Fraser was James Arthur Fraser's brother.
Name: Fraser, Hugh, 1860-1927, retailer
Dates of connection: 1860-c 1911
Connection type: Hugh Fraser was James Arthur Fraser's brother.

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