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ANSTRUTHER, ROBERT, elder son of Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart., advocate, Clerk of the Bills, and Lady Jane Erskine, youngest dau. of Alexander Erskine, 5th Earl of Kellie (S); b. 3 Mar 1768; adm. 27 May 1782; left 1784; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 21 Sep 1785; Lieut. and Capt. 16 May 1792; Brevet Maj. 1 Apr 1797; Maj., 66th Foot 17 Aug 1797; Lieut. -Col., 68th Foot 31 Aug 1797; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 16 Aug 1799; Brevet Col. 1 Jan 1805; Brig. -Gen. in 1808; served Flanders 1793-4, Helder expedition 1799, Egyptian campaign 1800-1, and Peninsular War 1808-9; took part in battle of Vimiera and commanded the brigade which closed Sir John Moore’s retreat from Toro to Corunna; m. 16 Mar 1799 Charlotte Lucy, dau. of Lieut. -Col. James Hamilton, 2nd Foot Guards; d. from fatigue and exhaustion at Corunna 14 Jan 1809, the day before the battle. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.