Background
Born in Lincoln"s Inn Fields, he was the son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife, daughter of Edward Brice.
Born in Lincoln"s Inn Fields, he was the son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife, daughter of Edward Brice.
Carmichael-Anstruther was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire in 1846 and became major of the Lanarkshire County Militia. She died in 1841 and Carmichael-Anstruther married secondly the youngest daughter of Allan Williamson Grey later in that year.
21st United Kingdom Parliament]
He served as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Southern Lanarkshire from 1874 until his defeat at the 1880 general election.