The Master Carver or Hereditary Carver is a member of the Royal household of Scotland. A Crown Charter of 1704 ratified by Parliament in 1705, erected Sir William Anstruther's land into the Barony of Anstruther and conferred upon him the heritable offices of Master Carver and one of the Masters of the Household.[1][2] It is not clear why the office was created, except that the family appears to have held similar offices from 1585 onwards. The current[when?] holder of the office is Sir Sebastian Anstruther of Balcluskie.[citation needed]
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edit- ^ Sibbald, R. (1803). The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross: With the Description of Both, and of the Firths of Forth and Tay, and the Islands in Them ... with an Account of the Natural Products of the Land and Waters. R. Tullis. p. 343. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
... time, to the same Sir Robert Anstruther, to be their ambassadour and plenipotentiary, for settling all differences betwixt the Roman ... hath a charter, from Queen Ann (which I have read) dated at Kensingtoun, the 29th of April 1704, of the baronies of Anstruther ... And the same charter constitutes him heritably, one of the Cibi cidæ or Carvers, and one of the Master-housholds to her majesty and her ...
- ^ Young, M.D.; Scotland. Parliament (1992). The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners. The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners. Scottish Committee on the History of Parliament. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7073-0703-9. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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