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'''[[Anstruther Easter]]''' in [[Fife]] was a [[royal burgh]], created in 1583,  that returned one [[commissioner (Parliament of Scotland)|commissioner]] to the [[Parliament of Scotland]] and to the [[Convention of Estates]].

After the [[Acts of Union 1707]], Anstruther Easter, [[Anstruther Wester (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Anstruther Wester]], [[Crail (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Crail]], [[Kilrenny (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Kilrenny]] and [[Pittenweem (Parliament of Scotland constituency)|Pittenweem]] formed the [[Anstruther Easter Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Anstruther Easter]] [[district of burghs]], returning one member between them to the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]].

==List of burgh commissioners==
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* 1661–63: Alexander Black, councillor <ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=573}}</ref>
* 1665 convention: Andrew Martins, bailie <ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=575}}</ref>
*''1667 convention: not represented''
* 1673–74: Alexander Gibson <ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=579}}</ref>
* 1678 convention: James Lauson, bailie <ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=582}}</ref>
* 1681–82: [[Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Baronet|Robert Anstruther]]<ref>[[George Edward Cokayne|G. E. C.]], ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV (1904) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524408#page/n385/mode/1up p. 366].</ref>
* 1685–86: Robert Innes of Blairtoun, councillor <ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=587}}</ref>
* 1689 convention, 1689–90: David Spence, former baillie of Edinburgh (expelled 1693) <ref name=PP1>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=593}}</ref>
* 1696–1701: Patrick Murray of Dullary <ref name=PP1/>
* 1702–07: [[Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet, of Anstruther|Sir John Anstruther]]<ref>''Complete Baronetage'', vol. IV, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524408#page/n406/mode/1up p. 387].</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
* [[List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union]]
{{Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland}}

[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707)]]
[[Category:Politics of Fife]]
[[Category:History of Fife]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1707]]
[[Category:1707 disestablishments in Scotland]]


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