Sir Kenneth Anderson, 1st Baronet

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Portrait by Olive Edis (c.1920)

Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, 1st Baronet, KCMG (21 December 1866 – 9 December 1942), was a British shipowner and public servant. He was a manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company and a director of Anderson, Green & Co., shipowners.

Anderson was educated at Harrow School.[1] He matriculated at New College, Oxford, in 1885.[2] He followed his father into the family business after his graduation.

During the First World War, he served in numerous committees related to shipping, and was a close associate of the Shipping Controller, Sir Joseph Maclay.

Anderson was created a KCMG in 1909 and a baronet, of Ardtaraig in the County of Perth, in 1919. He was also a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Creation date1919[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1942[1]
Anderson baronets
Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Ardtaraig
Creation date1919[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1942[1]

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