Sir Windham Charles James Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet and 4th Baronet DL (1825 – 26 January 1898) was a Liberal Party politician and Scottish baronet.

Born in Lincoln's Inn Fields, he was the son of Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet and his wife, daughter of Edward Brice. In 1831, he succeeded his nephew Windham in two baronetcies. Carmichael-Anstruther was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lanarkshire in 1846 and became major of the Lanarkshire County Militia. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern Lanarkshire from 1874 until his defeat at the 1880 general election.

Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet

In 1824, he married firstly the second daughter of Charles Wetherell. She died in 1841 and Carmichael-Anstruther married secondly the youngest daughter of Allan Williamson Grey later in that year.

Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet

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Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, 8th Baronet

1825 births

1898 deaths

Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain

Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire

Scottish Liberal Party MPs

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies

UK MPs 1874–1880