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4 unusual facts about Anstruther


Anstruther

With a population of 3,500, it is the largest community on the Firth of Forth's north-shore coastline known as East Neuk.

David Leslie, Lord Newark

She married Sir Alexander Anstruther of Anstruther in 1694, and their sons William and Alexander were known semi-officially as the 4th and 5th Lords Newark.

John Carmichael-Anstruther

Sir John Carmichael-Anstruther, 5th Baronet (1785–1818), known as John Anstruther until 1817, MP for Anstruther Easter Burghs 1811–1818

Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther

On his father's death in 1882, Lloyd-Anstruther had inherited Hintlesham Hall near Ipswich in Suffolk.


Abercrombie Lawson

Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson FRSE FLS (13 September 1870 – 26 March 1927) was a botanist, foundation professor of botany at the University of Sydney.

Clan Anstruther

William, the elder son of Sir James Anstruther, accompanied Sir James to London following the Union of the Crowns in 1603 where he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath.

Fence Records

Fence Records is an independent record label based in Anstruther and Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, founded by musician King Creosote and run by The Pictish Trail until August 2013.

Henry Erskine

Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet (c. 1710–1765), Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs 1749–1754 and Anstruther Easter Burghs 1754–1765

Philip Anstruther

Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet (1752–1808), known until 1782 as Philip Anstruther, MP for Anstruther Burghs from 1774–1777

The Beggar's Benison

The full title of the club is "The Most Ancient and Most Puissant Order of the Beggar's Benison and Merryland, Anstruther", where the word 'Merryland' is a euphemism for the female body - used often in contemporary erotic literature.

Vernon Lee

She developed her own theory of psychological aesthetics in collaboration with her lover, Kit Anstruther-Thomson, based on previous works by William James, Theodor Lipps, and Karl Groos.

William Reierson Arbuthnot

Willy married Mary Helen Anstruther, the eldest daughter of Philip Anstruther, the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon on 9 December 1858.


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