James Anderson (British politician)

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Sir James Anderson
Photograph by Thomas Annan of portrait by Daniel Macnee
Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
MonarchQueen Victoria
Personal details
Born1800
Stirling
Died1864
Blairvadach
NationalityScottish

Sir James Anderson (November 1800 – 8 May 1864)[1] was a British politician and manufacturer.

Born at Stirling, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright.[2] Aged fifteen, he moved to Glasgow to accompany his older brother David.[3] Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities.[3] Anderson was appointed Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1848 and was created a Knight Bachelor on Queen Victoria's visit in the following year.[2] He held this post until 1851 and entered the British House of Commons in the next year, sitting for Stirling Burghs until 1859.[1]

He married Janet, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Hood, Bailie of Glasgow. The couple had three sons and a daughter.[3] Anderson died, aged 63, at his mansion in in Dumbartonshire.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Stirling Burghs". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 89.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c The United Presbyterian Magazine. vol. VIII. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co. 1864. p. 330. |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1864). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 813.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Alexander Hastie 		Lord Provost of Glasgow
1848–1851 		Succeeded by
Robert Stewart
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Benjamin Smith 		Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs
1852–1859 		Succeeded by
James Caird
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