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CodeDS/UK/8928
NameFraser; Sir; Ian (1897-1974); English member of parliament, businessman, life peer
Dates1897-1974
GenderMale
BiographyWilliam Jocelyn Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, CH, CBE, (30 August 1897 – 19 December 1974), known as Ian Fraser, was a British Conservative Party politician, a Governor of the BBC, a successful businessman and the first person to be awarded a life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
Fraser was blinded in World War I and became Chairman of St Dunstan's, a charity for blind servicemen.

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