James Anderson (British politician)

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

For other people with the same name, see James Anderson.

Sir James Anderson
Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
MonarchQueen Victoria
Personal details
Born1800
Stirling
Died1864
Blairvadach
NationalityScottish

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 Blairvadick in Dumbartonshire.[4]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Stirling Burghs". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  2. Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 89.
  3. The United Presbyterian Magazine. vol. VIII. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co. 1864. p. 330.
  4. Sylvanus, Urban (1864). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 813.
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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