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Lieut-Colonel William Anstruther-Gray
Born6 September 1859
Died17 April 1938 (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankLieutenant-Colonel
UnitMilitia's Fife Artillery,
13th Hussars,
Royal Horse Guards,
Scottish Horse
Commands3rd Line of Scottish Horse
Battles / warsIndia and Afghanistan in 1880-1881
South Africa 1901-1902
RelationsSon of Colonel John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton
Other workUnionist Politician

Lieutenant-Colonel William Anstruther-Gray, FSA, JP, DL (6 September 1859 – 17 April 1938) was a Scottish soldier and politician.

Biography

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 1904.

He joined the Militia's Fife Artillery as a Sub-Lieutenant (Supernumerary) on 16 December 1876.[1] He served for four years until he joined the 13th Hussars as a second lieutenant in 1880, served in India and Afghanistan in 1880-1881 and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1881, before transferring to the Royal Horse Guards in 1885. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Earl of Kintore, Governor of South Australia, from 1889-1891, was promoted to captain on 30 December 1893, and to major on 1 May 1897.[2] He served in South Africa from 1901-1902 where he was commandant of the district of Knysna in 1901, and Inspector of Concentration Camps in Transvaal in 1902. Following the end of the war in June 1902, he returned to the United Kingdom in the SS Dunottar Castle, which arrived at Southampton in July 1902.[3] He later commanded 3rd Line Group, Scottish Horse during World War I.

He was unsuccessful Unionist candidate for St Andrews Burghs in 1903, and represented that constituency from 1906 - January 1910 and from December 1910-1918.

Family

He married Clayre Tennant CBE JP, daughter of Andrew Tennant of Essenside on 26 January 1891 at St. Peter's Church, Glenelg, South Australia. They had one son, William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, and one daughter Jean Helen St. Clair Campbell.

References

  1. ^ http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/24394/pages/6948
  2. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  3. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36814. London. 8 July 1902. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member for St Andrews Burghs
1906–1910 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for St Andrews Burghs
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