Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet

Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet (28 August 1834 – 21 July 1886)[1][2] was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1864 and 1886.

Anstruther was the son of Sir Ralph Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Jane Torrens, eldest daughter of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B.

[citation needed] Anstruther was educated at Harrow School and joined the Grenadier Guards, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

[3] Anstruther was Member of Parliament for Fife from 1864 to 1880[1] and for St Andrews Burghs from 1885 to 1886.

[2] Anstruther married Louisa Maria Chowne Marshall, daughter of Reverend William Knox Marshall and Louisa Marsh, on 29 July 1857 at Beckenham, Kent.