Category: Members of Parliament, Fife

Categories: Fife, Scotland | British Members of Parliament by Constituency | Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland | Constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain | Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1885, when it was divided into East Fife and West Fife. Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Fife elected commissioners to represent them in the Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690.

Sources:

• Wikipedia entry for Fife (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
• Wikipedia entry for Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

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John (Anstruther) Anstruther of Elie abt 1678 Anstruther Easter, Fife, Scotland - 27 Sep 1753

Philip Anstruther abt 1638 Scotland - 1702

Robert Anstruther 28 Aug 1834 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 21 Jul 1886

William Erskine 30 Mar 1770 - 1813

James Oswald 20 Feb 1748 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland - abt 03 Jan 1814

John Scott 1725 Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland - 20 Dec 1775

Nathaniel Whetham bef 25 Nov 1604 Burstock, Dorset, England - bef 16 Sep 1668

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