Simon Fraser of Balnain

Simon Fraser
Portrait of Fraser
Born	(1729-05-26)26 May 1729 Balnain, Inverness-shire
Died	7 October 1777(1777-10-07) (aged 48) Saratoga, New York
Buried	Saratoga
Allegiance	Dutch Republic Great Britain
Branch	Dutch States Army British Army
Service years	1747 (Dutch States Army) 1755–1777 (British Army)
Rank	Brigadier-general (British Army)
Unit	24th Regiment of Foot
Conflicts	War of the Austrian Succession Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) French and Indian War Siege of Louisbourg (1758) Battle of the Plains of Abraham American Revolutionary War Invasion of Quebec (1775) Battle of Trois-Rivières Saratoga campaign Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) Battle of Hubbardton Battle of Freeman's Farm Battle of Bemis Heights †

Brigadier-General Simon Fraser (1729 – 7 October 1777) was a British Army officer who served in the American War of Independence. He was killed at the Battle of Bemis Heights of the Battles of Saratoga. The shot that killed Fraser is often attributed to Continental Army soldier Timothy Murphy.