John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton and Carntyne
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Colonel
John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton and Carntyne VD
DL
JP
(8 August 1818 - 8 October 1904)
He was the son of John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton
and Clementina Blair. He died at age 86. He would have inherited the title of the 18th Lord St. Clair on 10 April 1833, but for the attainder
.
.
In 1860 the Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers
were re-raised and the then Captain Anstruther Thomson joined on leaving the Regular Army.
In 1866 he took over command from the late Earl of Rosslyn
of the same Regiment his father had commanded some half a century before. After his command he gained the rank of Honorary Colonel of the Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry.
He was decorated with the award of Volunteer Decoration
(VD).
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant
of Fife
and the office of Justice of the Peace
in Fife
.
During his life he lived at Carntyne
, Lanarkshire
, Scotland
and Charleton, Fife
, Scotland
.
They had seven child:
He married his second wife, Isabel Bruce (daughter of Lt.-Gen. Robert Bruce) on 17 June 1891.
They had one child:
Colonel
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John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton and Carntyne VD
Volunteer Decoration
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DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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JP
Justice of the Peace
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(8 August 1818 - 8 October 1904)
He was the son of John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton
John Anstruther-Thomson
Colonel John Anstruther-Thomson of Charlton Scottish nobleman and Colonel of the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry.-Family:The son of Colonel John Anstruther and Grizel Maria Thomson of Charleton....
and Clementina Blair. He died at age 86. He would have inherited the title of the 18th Lord St. Clair on 10 April 1833, but for the attainder
Bill of attainder
A bill of attainder is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a judicial trial.-English law:...
.
Military career
He commissioned into the 9th Lancers and then also saw service in 13th Light Dragoons13th Light Dragoons
The 13th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army whose battle honours include Waterloo and The Charge of the Light Brigade. 1n 1922, the regiment was amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Hussars.-Regimental history:British light dragoons were first raised in...
.
In 1860 the Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry was an Armoured Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1793 to 1956 when it was amalgimated with the Scottish Horse....
were re-raised and the then Captain Anstruther Thomson joined on leaving the Regular Army.
In 1866 he took over command from the late Earl of Rosslyn
James St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn
General James Alexander St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn PC, DL , styled Lord Loughborough from 1805 to 1837, was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician...
of the same Regiment his father had commanded some half a century before. After his command he gained the rank of Honorary Colonel of the Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry.
He was decorated with the award of Volunteer Decoration
Volunteer Decoration
The Volunteer Officers' Decoration was created by Royal Warrant under command of Queen Victoria on 25 July 1892 to reward 'efficient and capable' officers of the Volunteer Force who had served for twenty years...
(VD).
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
of Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
and the office of Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
in Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
.
During his life he lived at Carntyne
Carntyne
Carntyne is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and to the east end of the city...
, Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...
, Scotland
Scotland
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and Charleton, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
Family and Children
He married his first wife Caroline Maria Agnes Robina Gray (daughter of Reverend John Hamilton Gray of Carntyne) on 25 July 1852.They had seven child:
- Clementina Caroline Anstruther-Thomson (died 7 Jul 1921)
- Rosia Mary Anstruther-Thomson (died 13 Feb 1956)
- Olivia Beatrice Louisa Anstruther-Thomson (died 17 Nov 1941)
- John St. Clair Anstruther-Thomson (4 Jun 1853 - 4 Jul 1873)
- Charles Frederick St. Clair Anstruther of Charleton (6 May 1855 - 21 Oct 1925)
- William Anstruther-Gray of Kilmany and CarntyneWilliam Anstruther-Gray (senior)Lieut-Colonel William Anstruther-Gray FSA JP DL was a Scottish soldier and politician.The son of Colonel John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton, Colinsburgh, Fife, and Maria Hamilton Gray of Carntyne, Glasgow, he was educated at Eton.He adopted name of Gray on succeeding to the Carntyne estate in...
(6 Sep 1859 - 17 Apr 1938) - Arthur St. Clair Anstruther-Thomson (19 November 1872 - 16 October 1904)
He married his second wife, Isabel Bruce (daughter of Lt.-Gen. Robert Bruce) on 17 June 1891.
They had one child:
- Rachel Jean Anstruther-Thomson d. 17 Sep 1968