{{Short description|Scottish British Army officer, historian and officer of arms}} [[File:Arms of Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig.svg|thumb|right|Arms of Charles Fraser of Reelig]] '''Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig''' {{post-nominals|CBE|TD|DL}} (1903–1963) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[British Army]] officer, historian and [[officer of arms]].

Fraser was a commissioned officer in the [[Lovat Scouts]]. He served in the [[Second World War]] and in 1942 he was awarded the [[Efficiency Decoration]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35729|date=2 October 1942|page=4331 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1944 he was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Inverness-shire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36784|date=7 November 1944|page=5094 |supp= }}</ref> He was confirmed in the honorary rank of Major in 1951.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39380|date=13 November 1951|page=5910 |supp=y }}</ref> He was later granted the honorary rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]]. He was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1962 New Year Honours]] for his work as Chairman of the [[Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association]] of the County of Inverness.

In 1939, Fraser was made [[Dingwall Pursuivant]] herald in the [[Court of the Lord Lyon]].<ref>[http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/dingwall.htm Dingwall Pursuivant], Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 28 November 2022.</ref> In 1953 he was promoted to [[Albany Herald]].<ref>[https://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/albany.htm Albany Herald], Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 28 November 2022.</ref> An expert on Scottish clan history, heraldry and genealogy, he contributed two books to Johnston & Bacon's Clan Histories series: ''The Clan Cameron, A Patriarchy Beset'' (1953) and ''The Clan Munro'' (1954).

In 1929 he married Mary Charity Campbell-Preston and together they had four children. He was [[Laird]] of Reelig.

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