James Anderson (British politician)
Sir James Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1800 Stirling |
| Died | 1864 Blairvadach |
| Nationality | Scottish |
Sir James Anderson (28 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 served as a Councillor from 1841 to 1854[4] and 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]
In 1850 he was living at 3 Blythswood Square.[5]
He married Janet, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Hood, a fellow Bailie of Glasgow Council. The couple had three sons and a daughter.[3] Anderson died, aged 63, at his mansion in Blairvadack in Dumbartonshire.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Stirling Burghs". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ^ a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 89.
- ^ a b c The United Presbyterian Magazine. Vol. VIII. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co. 1864. p. 330.
- ^ Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Portraits in the New Galleries of Art in Corporation Buildings
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1850
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1864). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 813.