Sir Windham Charles James Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet and 4th Baronet DL (1825 – 26 January 1898)[1] was a Liberal Party politician and Scottish baronet.

Born in Lincoln's Inn Fields, he was the son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife, daughter of Edward Brice.[2] In 1831, he succeeded his nephew Windham in two baronetcies.[2] Carmichael-Anstruther was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lanarkshire in 1846 and became major of the Lanarkshire County Militia.[2] He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern Lanarkshire from 1874 until his defeat at the 1880 general election.[3]

In 1824, he married firstly the second daughter of Charles Wetherell.[2] She died in 1841 and Carmichael-Anstruther married secondly the youngest daughter of Allan Williamson Grey later in that year.[2]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 90.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 594. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Glencairn Carter Hamilton Member of Parliament for Southern Lanarkshire 1874 – 1880 Succeeded byJohn Glencairn Carter Hamilton Baronetage of Nova Scotia Preceded byWindham Carmichael-Anstruther Baronet (of Anstruther) 1869–1898 Succeeded byWindham Carmichael-Anstruther Baronetage of Great Britain Preceded byWindham Carmichael-Anstruther Baronet (of Fort William) 1869–1898 Probably extinct


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