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	'''Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet''' [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council\|PC]] (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a [[Scotland\|Scottish]] politician.		'''Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet''' [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council\|PC]] (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a [[Scotland\|Scottish]] politician.

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[[Image:SirJohnAnstruther.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sir John Anstruther]]
'''Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and 1st Baronet''' [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] (27 March 1753 – 26 January 1811) was a [[Scotland|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,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15014 |date=8 May 1798 |page=387}}</ref> and also succeeded as 4th Baronet in the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia]] on the death of his elder brother, [[Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet|Philip]], in 1808.<ref>{{cite book| title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/587?_fromAuth=1| accessdate=2007-03-05}} {{DNBfirst|wstitle=Anstruther, John}}</ref>

He served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Anstruther Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Anstruther Burghs]], in [[Fife]], from 1783 to 1790, 1796–1797 and 1806–1811, and for [[Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Cockermouth]], in [[Cumberland]], from 1790 to 1796. He was appointed a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|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 (philosopher)|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. From 1799 to 1807 he was President of the [[Asiatic Society]] of Bengal. In 1806 he returned to Britain, 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.

==Family==

His daughter Marion Anstruther (1797-1859) married his nephew Robert Anstruther WS (1803-1867) and is buried with him in [[Dean Cemetery]].<ref>Anstruther grave, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh</ref>

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