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. | |