James Fraser (rugby union)

James Fraser was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.

International career
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1881.

Medical career
Fraser became a doctor. He became the first full time medical officer to the Hull Education Authority. He maintained that post till he retired in 1926.

Other interests
He was greatly interested in the Hull Subscription Library. He was also very involved with the youth of the city, and was a chairman of the local Young People's Institute.

Family
He was the eldest son of Evan Fraser (1826–1906), a Scottish doctor from Duddingston; and Sarah Hewat (born 1829) from Portobello. Evan Fraser and Sarah Hewat moved to Hull shortly after their marriage in 1858 – and he became chairman of the Hull Health committee. The Evan Fraser hospital in Hull bore his name. The hospital specialised in infectious diseases; notably smallpox. James was one of five children the couple had.

James Fraser married Rose Thorney in 1883. Miss Thorney was the daughter of the Hull city coroner. They had a daughter, Dorothy, in 1885. James outlived his wife, who died in 1927, and his daughter, who died in 1941. He died in the Victoria Nursing Home in 1943, leaving £7,511 and 2 shillings in his estate.