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James Anderson (British politician)
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
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