Lady Saltoun dead at 93: She was a member of the extended Royal family through marriage

Lady Salton was born (Marjorie) Flora Fraser on October 18, 1930, in Edinburgh and was the daughter of Dorothy Welby and the 20th Lord Saltoun. According to The Telegraph, “The Saltoun title was created in 1445 for Sir Lawrence Abernethy, descendant of Hugh, Hereditary Abbot of the Pictish Abbacy of Abernethy on Tay, extant in 1172. The 4th Lord Saltoun fought at Flodden and escaped. On the death in 1669 of Margaret Abernethy, the title went to her cousin Alexander Fraser, a faithful supporter of both Charles I and Charles II, and has remained with the Frasers of Philorth ever since.”

When Lady Saltoun married Captain Alexander Ramsay, their wedding was attended by his cousin, Queen Ingrid of Denmark, as well as the Queen Mother. Lady Saltoun’ was known for serving the ‘sharpest dry martini’ in Scotland and until she married, she had never boiled an egg. 

When her father died in 1979, she succeeded him as Lady Saltoun. She became known for speaking out in the Lords on subjects such as devolution and same-sex marriage, she only retired in 2014. 

Lady Saltoun attended the wedding of Prince William to the then Kate Middleton in 2011. This was the last major royal event she went to. 

Lady Saltoun and Captain Ramsay were parents to three daughters, Katharine, Alice and Elizabeth. Katherine, or Kate as she is better known, was the Mistress of Saltoun whilst her mother was alive, but on her death, became head of Clan Fraser and the 22nd Baroness Saltoun.