Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther (21 April 1841 – 24 August 1914) was a

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officer and

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politician. The son of Captain James Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther and his wife Georgiana ''née'' Burrell. Following officer training at the

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, he entered the

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as an

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in 1858, and immediately saw action in the later stages of the

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. In 1862 he rose to the rank of lieutenant by

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He fought in the operations to repulse the Fenian raids in

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in 1866, and was promoted to captain in 1872. In 1871 he married Gertrude Louisa Georgiana Fitzroy of

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. He served as a garrison instructor for the South Eastern District until 1881 when he was appointed '' aide de camp'' to General

Edward Newdegate Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate, (15 June 1825 – 1 August 1902) was a British Army officer. Until 1887 he was Edward Newdigate. Background and early life Newdegate was born at Astley Castle, Warwickshire, on 15 June 1825, ...

in the

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in 1881. He retired on half pay in the same year. However, he returned to the army shortly afterwards, rising to the rank of major and serving with distinction in the

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of 1885. In that year he retired from the army with the rank of honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Suffolk

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. At the 1886 general election, Lloyd-Anstruther was chosen by the Conservative Party to contest the South Eastern or Woodbridge Division of

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, a constituency held by the

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Robert Lacey Everett Robert Lacey Everett (28 January 1833 – 21 October 1916) was an English farmer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons three times between 1885 and 1910. Life Everett was born at Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk, the son of Joseph Da ...

. He won the seat for the Conservatives, but only served a single term in parliament, with Everett regaining the seat in 1892 general election. On his father's death in 1882, Lloyd-Anstruther had inherited

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near

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. He later entered local government as an

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on East Suffolk County Council, and was appointed a

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and a deputy lieutenant of Suffolk. He died in 1914, survived by his wife and one son,

Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Niall Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet ADC (5 July 1872 – 29 September 1957), born FitzRoy Hamilton Niall Lloyd-Anstruther, was an English baronet. Life Educated at Harrow School, he joined the army as a staff offic ...

, who was later created a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd-Anstruther, Robert Hamilton 1841 births 1914 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1886–1892 Members of East Suffolk County Council Rifle Brigade officers Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst

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