Sir John William Anderson, 1st Baronet (ca. 1736 – 21 May 1813) was a British politician.
Born in Danzig, he was the son of William Anderson and Lucy Sheldon who had settled in that town.[1] Anderson was an alderman of Aldersgate between 1789 and 1813 and Sheriff of London between 1791 and 1792. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Glovers in 1794.[2] He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for London from 1793 to 1806. Between 1797 and 1798, Anderson was Lord Mayor of London. On 14 May 1798, he was made a baronet, of Mill Hill, Hendon, in the County of Middlesex.[3]
In 1762, he married Dorothy Simkins, daughter of Charles Simkins. Their marriage was childless. Anderson died in May 1813 and the baronetcy became extinct.
| Anderson baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Mill Hill | |
| Creation date | 1798[4] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1813[4] |
Involvement in slave trade
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John, with his brother Alexander, owned a slave factory on Bance Island.[5] Their business was based in Philpot Lane, Eastcheap.[6] John was active politically to prevent any restrictions in the running of the slave trade, for example working with his brother to organise a petition to the House of Lords in 1799.[6]: 140–1 John was also an investor in the West India Dock Company.[5] He was a director of the company from 1803 until his death.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Thorne, R. G. "Anderson, John William (1735/6-1813), of Mill Hill, Hendon, Mdx". www.histparl.ac.uk. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Waggett, Ralph W. (2008). A History of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London (2nd ed.). Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co (now The History Press). pp. 74–81. ISBN 9781860775390.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "No. 15012". The London Gazette. 1 May 1798. p. 368.
- ^ a b Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. W. Clowes. p. 8.
- ^ a b Draper, Nick (2008). "The City of London and slavery: evidence from the first dock companies, 1795–1800". Economic History Review. 61 (2): 432–466. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00400.x. S2CID 154280545.
- ^ a b Rawley, James (2003). London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press.: 140