ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1678-1753), of Anstruther and Elie House, Elie, Fife.

Family and Education

b. c. 1678, o. s. of Sir William Anstruther, MP [S], of Anstruther and Elie House, Ld. Anstruther SCJ by Lady Helen Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]; nephew of Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Bt.*; m. contr. 24 Jan. 1717, Lady Margaret Carmichael (d. 1721), da. of James, 2nd Earl of Hyndford [S], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. cr. Bt. 6 Jan. 1700; suc. fa. 1711. Hist. Scot. Parl. 20–21; W. Wood, East Neuk of Fife, 245.

Offices Held

MP [S] Anstruther Easter 1702–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1708, Perth 1709, Ayr 1710; hereditary bailie, lordship of Pittenweem 1711–d.; hereditary searcher of customs and keeper of cocquets, Anstruther and Elie 1711–d.; commr. visitation, St. Andrews Univ. 1718. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 8; Sandeman Lib. Perth, Perth burgh recs. B59/24/1/17, p.15; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 4 Oct. 1710; Brunton and Haig, Senators Coll. of Justice, 443–4.

Hereditary carver and master of royal household [S] 1711–d.; master of works [S] 1717–43; commr. police [S] 1743–aft. 1744. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 413; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742–5, p. 435.

Parlimentarian

ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1678-1753), of Anstruther, Fife.

Main residence: Anstruther and Elie House, Elie, Fife.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1678-1753)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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