| Anstruther Burghs | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | burgh |
| Elects Howmany: | 1 |
| Region: | Scotland |
| Towns: | Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, Crail, Kilrenny |
Anstruther Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny and Pittenweem.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The constituency comprised the burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, Crail, and Kilrenny, in the county of Fife.
In 1832, the burghs were combined with the Fife burghs of Cupar and St Andrews, which were previously components of Perth Burghs, to form St Andrews Burghs.
| Election | Member | Party [6] | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Sir John Anstruther, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1712 | George Hamilton | ||||
| 1713 | Sir John Anstruther, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1715 | |||||
| 1741 | John Stewart | ||||
| 1747 | Philip Anstruther I | Lieutenant-governor of Menorca 1742–1743 | |||
| 1754 | Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Bt | ||||
| 1766 by-election | |||||
| 1774 | Philip Anstruther II | Later 3rd Baronet | |||
| 1778 by-election | Chief Secretary for Ireland 1794–1795 | ||||
| 1780 | Sir John Anstruther, 2nd Bt | ||||
| 1783 by-election | John Anstruther | ||||
| 1790 | Sir John Anstruther, 2nd Bt | ||||
| 1793 by-election | Robert Anstruther | ||||
| 1794 by-election | William Dundas | ||||
| 1796 | John Anstruther | Whig | MP for Cockermouth 1790–1796 | ||
| 1797 by-election | |||||
| 1806 | Sir John Anstruther, 4th Bt | ||||
| 1811 by-election | John Anstruther | ||||
| Feb 1818 by-election | previously MP for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight | ||||
| 1819 by-election | Sir William Rae, 3rd Bt | Tory | later MP for Harwich, Buteshire and Portarlington | ||
| 1826 | James Balfour | Tory[7] | |||
| 1831 | Andrew Johnston | Whig[8] | afterwards MP for St Andrews Burghs | ||
| 1832 | constituency abolished. See St Andrews Burghs | ||||