Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet

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Sir John Anstruther

Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet PC (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a Scottish politician.

The second son of Sir John Anstruther, 2nd Baronet, he was knighted in 1797, raised to the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1798, and also succeeded as 4th Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on the death of his elder brother, Philip, in 1808.

He served as Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs, in Fife, from 1783–1790, 1796–1797 and 1806–1811, and for Cockermouth, in Cumbria, England, from 1790-1796. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1806.

Life

He was born on 27 March 1753, the second son of Sir John Anstruther of Elie House, Fife. He was educated at Glasgow University under John Millar, and called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1779. He practised chiefly before the House of Lords in Scotch appeals and was M.P. for Cockermouth, 1790-96.

He was an active supporter of Charles James Fox, and one of the managers appointed to conduct the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, his duty being to sum up the evidence on the charge relating to Benares, and to open the charge relating to presents. In 1797 he was appointed Chief Justice of Bengal and created a baronet in 1798. In 1806 he returned to England, was sworn on the privy council and re-entered parliament the same year as member for the Anstruther district of burghs.

In 1808 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in addition to his own. He died in London 26 January 1811 and was succeeded by his son Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther, 5th Baronet, who also took his place as MP for Anstruther Burghs.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Anstruther, Bt	Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs 1783–1790	Succeeded by Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther
Preceded by Humphrey Senhouse James Clarke Satterthwaite	Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1790–1796 With: John Baynes Garforth	Succeeded by Edward Burrow John Baynes Garforth
Preceded by William Dundas	Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs 1796–1797	Succeeded by Alexander Campbell
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Campbell	Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs 1806–1811	Succeeded by Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Anstruther of Elie) 1798 creation 1798 – 1811	Succeeded by John Carmichael-Anstruther
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Philip Anstruther-Paterson	Baronet (of Anstruther of Anstruther 1700 creation 1808 – 1811	Succeeded by John Carmichael-Anstruther