Manuscripts relating to gypsies and other travellers, collected by Sir Angus Fraser 1752-1976

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Manuscripts relating to gypsies and other travellers, collected by Sir Angus Fraser 1752-1976

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1 box.

eng,

ger,

GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Gypsy lore society

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Macfie, R. A. Scott (Robert Andrew Scott), 1868-1935

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Fraser, Angus M.

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Angus McKay Fraser, born at Maxwelltown in Dumfries on 10 March 1928, was the son of a prison officer. He was educated at Falkirk High School and Glasgow University, where he read Modern Languages. After spending his National Service in the Royal Artillery in France, he became a paratrooper in the Territorial Army and by 1966 had risen to the rank of major. His career in the Civil Service began in 1953 at Customs and Excise, and in the 1960s and 1970s he was involved in the negotiations for Brit...