Sir James Anderson | |
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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]
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Sir James Anderson | |
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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]
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