Sir John Anstruther, fourth baronet and first baronet

(1753-1811)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Anstruther, John, Sir, 1753-1811 NRA: Anstruther Sir John (1753-1811) Knight Politician and Anglo Indian Judge DNB: Anstruther, Sir John, fourth baronet and first baronet (1753-1811), politician and judge LBT ID: JoAnstr1811 VIAF ID: 71240878 LOC ID: nr90019787	B/BAP: 1753-03-27 DIED: 1811-06-26
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Educated at Glasgow under John Millar, he was a Whig MP for Anstruther Easter burghs (1783-90, 1796-97, 1806-11) and Cockermouth (1790-96). He broke with Charles James Fox over France and as solicitor-general to the prince of Wales was prosecutor in the Edinburgh treason trials of 1794.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Anstruther, fourth baronet and first baronet: Walter Scott to Miss Christian Rutherford, 5 September 1794 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1792-96