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British politician (1834?1886)
Portrait by
Charles Lutyens
(1866)
Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet
(28 August 1834 ? 21 July 1886)
[1]
[2]
was a Scottish
Liberal Party
politician who sat in the
House of Commons
between 1864 and 1886.
Life and career
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Anstruther was the son of Sir Ralph Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Jane Torrens, eldest daughter of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B.
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Anstruther was educated at
Harrow School
and joined the
Grenadier Guards
, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1863, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the
baronetcy
. He was
Lord Lieutenant of Fife
from 1864 to 1886 and was
Deputy Lieutenant
and
J.P.
for Caithness.
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Anstruther was Member of Parliament for
Fife
from 1864 to 1880
[1]
and for
St Andrews Burghs
from 1885 to 1886.
[2]
Marriage and issue
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Anstruther married Louisa Maria Chowne Marshall, daughter of Reverend William Knox Marshall and Louisa Marsh, on 29 July 1857 at Beckenham, Kent. Their children included
Sir Ralph Anstruther
, who succeeded to the baronetcy,
Henry Torrens Anstruther
who was elected to his father's constituency and Admiral Robert Anstruther.
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