Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet explained

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]

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1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090813003354/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons1.htm . 13 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 20 April 2009 .
2. Book: Dod, Robert P. . The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland . 1860 . Whitaker and Co. . London . 90 .
3. Book: Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 594 .