Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet

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Sir John Anstruther, Baronet (27 March 175326 January 1811 was a Scottish politician.

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.

He was created a Baronet, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1798, and also succeeded as 4th Baronet in the creation in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1808.

Preceded by
Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson
Anstruther Baronets (1700 creation)
1798–1811
Succeeded by
Sir John Anstruther
Preceded by
New creation
Anstruther Baronets (1798 creation)
1808–1811