Francis Anderson (MP)

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Sir Francis Anderson

Kt
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1661–1679
Preceded bySir Francis Anderson
Succeeded byWilliam Blackett
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1660–1660
Preceded byRobert Ellison
William Calverley
Succeeded bySir Francis Anderson
Sir John Marlay
Sir Robert Slingsby, Bt
Personal details
Born
Francis Anderson

(1614-12-21)December 21, 1614
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
DiedJuly 19, 1679(1679-07-19) (aged 64)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NationalityEnglish
Political partyRoyalist
Spouse(s)Jane Dent (d.1673)
Children10
RelativesSir Henry Anderson (cousin)
ResidenceGreyfriars House, Newcastle
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Gray’s Inn
OccupationPolitician

Sir Francis Anderson Kt (21 December 1614–19 July 1679) was an English landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1679 and supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.

Early life[]

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Anderson was the only son of Roger Anderson (d.1622) of Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife, Anne Jackson, the daughter of William Bower alias Jackson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Oxen-le-Field, County Durham.[1]

Roger Anderson was Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1612–13)[2] and was one of the seven sons of Francis Anderson (d.1623). Francis the Elder had been Sheriff (1595–6) and Mayor (1601–2, 1612–13) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2] and was a distant cousin of the Royalist Sir Henry Anderson. Francis Anderson the Younger was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Gray’s Inn.[3]

Career[]

Anderson was Sheriff (1641–2) and Alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1642–4 and 1662–79)[2] and was knighted in November 1641.[3] In the Civil War, he "was a devoted loyalist" and as a result was subsequently fined £1,200, stripped of his knighthood, imprisoned and had his property sequestered.[1]

In 1660, Anderson was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Cavalier Parliament (1661) and sat until his death.[3] He was a Justice of the Peace for County Durham (1660–79) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1662–3 and 1675–6).[2]

Anderson lived at Greyfriars House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Jesmond, and Ryton, County Durham. He was buried at Ryton on 19 July 1679.[3]

Black Gate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Family[]

In 1636, Anderson married Jane Dent (d. 1673), daughter of John Dent of Barnard Castle, County Durham, and they had seven sons (John, Henry, George, Robert, Francis, Thomas and Roger) and three daughters.[1][4]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Francis Anderson hide
Notes
The arms of the Andersons of Jesmond and Bradley[4]
Crest
On a chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a griffin's head erased Argent, marked on the neck with a link or fetterlock Sable.
Escutcheon
Gules, three oak trees Argent.

Ancestry[]

References[]

Civic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Jennison
Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1675–6
Succeeded by
Sir Ralph Carr
Preceded by
Sir John Marley
Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1662–3
Succeeded by
Sir James Clavering
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Francis Liddell
Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1641–2
Succeeded by
Henry Maddison
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