Colonel John Anstruther Thomson D.L., J.P.
(1818 - 1904) 
of Charleton, Fife and of
Carntyne, Lanarkshire.
Colonel John Anstruther Thomson D.L., J.P.
(1818 - 1904) of Charleton, Fife and of
Carntyne, Lanarkshire. He married firstly (1852) Caroline Maria Agnes Robina Hamilton Gray (d.1882), only child of the Reverend John Hamilton Gray of Carntyne.
There were four sons and three daughters of the marriage. (See below)
Colonel, Fife and Forfar Light Horse, 1891 - Photograph by G. B. Rogers of St. Andrews. John Anstruther Thomson also wrote a two volume work, "Eighty Years' Reminiscences". It was published in 1904, the year he died. Longmans, Green & Co. of 39 Paternoster Row, London - New York and Bombay. |
There was one daughter (Rachel Jean Anstruther
Thomson) of the marriage. Isabel Anstruther Thomson wrote "Dames Chasseresses" - a short account of French sportswomen of the fifteenth century. It was 7 pages long and contained no illustrations.
Honorary Colonel, Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, 1903 - from a photograph by Miss Gwenydd Erskine. N.B. There is no hyphen in the name on his published works. |
Book Hardcover, "History of the Fife Light Horse" by Colonel John Anstruther Thomson, dedicated to Blanche, Countess of Rosslyn ...
Published William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh and London. |
Colonel John Anstruther Thomson
was also associated with the Pytchley (Northamptonshire) ...
... and with Jack - The Reverend John - Russell, after whom the terrier breed is named ...
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... and with G. J. Whyte-Melville, celebrated country man and originator of the text banner ("I freely admit ...") of 'Horse and Hound' (magazine) for so many years.
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| Tributes at the grave of Colonel John Anstruther Thomson at Kilconquhar, Fife - October 1904. (Private Collection.) | "The Colonel" J. Anstruther Thomson, 1902 - photographed by Mrs. C. Babington. |
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Anstruther Thomson - daughters
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