Family and Education
bap. 24 Sept. 1658, 3rd s. of Sir Philip Anstruther, MP [S], of Anstruther, Fife, by Christian, da. of Sir James Lumsden of Innergellie, Fife, gov. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1645–7. m. (1) Sophia (d. 1686), da. and coh. of David Kinnear (d. 1684) of Kinnear, Kilmany, Fife, s.p.; (2) 12 Mar. 1687, Jean, da. and h. of William Monteith (d. by 1691) of Wrae, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) his cos. Marion (d. 1743), da. of Sir William Preston, 2nd Bt., of Valleyfield, Fife, 1s. 2da. Assumed name of Kinnear c.1684–6; cr. Bt. 28 Nov. 1694. Scot. Rec. Soc. viii. 192; W. Wood, East Neuk of Fife, 302; SRO Indexes, xxxi. 8; Hist. Scot. Parl. 21.
Offices Held
MP [S] Anstruther Easter 1681–2, Anstruther Wester 1702–7.
Burgess and jt. receiver of customs, Anstruther Easter; burgess, Edinburgh 1689, Aberdeen 1698.
Jt. gen. receiver of supply and inland excise [S] 1691–1707; jt. farmer of excise [S] 1696–7; clerk and keeper of cocquet seal, Firth of Forth west of Queensferry 1697.
Dir. Bank of Scotland 1696.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Wrae, Linlithgow; Balcaskie, Fife.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
ANSTRUTHER, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1658-1737)
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