Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (21 April 1841 – 24 August 1914) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician.
[1] Following officer training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he entered the Rifle Brigade as an ensign in 1858,[3] and immediately saw action in the later stages of the Indian Mutiny.
[2] In 1862 he rose to the rank of lieutenant by purchase[4] He fought in the operations to repulse the Fenian raids in Canada in 1866, and was promoted to captain in 1872.
He served as a garrison instructor for the South Eastern District until 1881 when he was appointed aide de camp to General Edward Newdegate in the Colony of Natal in 1881.
[7] However, he returned to the army shortly afterwards, rising to the rank of major and serving with distinction in the Suakin Expedition of 1885.