Hugh Fraser (February 22, 1837 - June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation) between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan. This replaced the 'unequal treaty' signed by James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin in 1858 and led to the abolition of extraterritoriality in Japan in 1899. Thus was Japan freed from the semi-colonial status imposed by the unequal treaties signed with foreign countries.

Major Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser MBE (23 January 1918 - 6 March 1984) was a British Conservative politician and first husband of Lady Antonia Fraser. He was a younger son of the 14th Lord Lovat and a prominent Roman Catholic.

Fraser was educated at Ampleforth College, Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union, and at the Sorbonne. He was commissioned into the Lovat Scouts in 1936 and during World War II saw service in North Africa and Europe; he retired in the 1950s with the rank of Major.

Fraser was elected Member of Parliament for Stone in 1945, later Stafford and Stone following constituency boundary changes, from 1950 until 1983, and then Stafford again until his death. He served as an MP continuously from 1945 until 1984 but did not become Father of the House as he was sworn in as an MP on August 15, 1945 while James Callaghan had been sworn in on August 2, 1945 and so he, rather than Fraser, became Father following the 1983 election. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Oliver Lyttelton (1951-54), a junior minister in the War Office (1958-60) and Colonial Office (1960-62), and Secretary of State for Air (1962-64). He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative Party's 1975 leadership election, gaining 16 votes in the first round challenging incumbent Edward Heath.

Hugh Fraser is an English actor.

He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He was also a member of Telltale, a rock band who performed the theme music for Rainbow, a children's television series.

Hugh Fraser has appeared regularly in film and television roles. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Hastings in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot opposite David Suchet, and his role as the Duke of Wellington (replacing David Troughton) in the Sharpe television series. In the 1980s he appeared in the BBC thriller Edge of Darkness. Film credits include Curse of the Pink Panther, 101 Dalmatians and Patriot Games along with Sharpe star Sean Bean. His work in theatre has included Much Ado About Nothing with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He is married to the actress Belinda Lang. They have one child. He is also the son of the late English character actor Ronald Fraser.

Son-in-law of the actor Jeremy Hawk and the actress Joan Heal.