James Anderson (British politician)
British politician and manufacturer
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Sir James Anderson (28 November 1800 – 8 May 1864)[1] was a British politician and manufacturer.
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Sir James Anderson | |
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| Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
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| Born | 1800 Stirling |
| Died | 1864 (aged 63–64) Blairvadach |
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 manufactory, 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 Dunbartonshire.[6]