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Henry Anderson
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| MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1593–1593 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Anderson Henry Mitford |
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| Succeeded by | Henry Chapman Henry Lindley |
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| In office 1588–1588 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Anderson Edward Lewen |
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| Succeeded by | Henry Anderson Henry Mitford |
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| In office 1586–1587 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Anderson William Jenison |
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| Succeeded by | Henry Anderson Henry Mitford |
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| In office 1584–1585 |
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| Preceded by | William Jenison William Selby |
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| Succeeded by | Henry Anderson Edward Lewen |
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| Born | 1545 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland |
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| Died | 1605 (aged 59–60) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland |
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | (1) Isabella Morland (d.1582); (2) Fortune Collingwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Inter alia, Sir Henry Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Bertram Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residences | Haswell Grange, Haswell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge Gray's Inn |
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Henry Anderson (1545 – 1605) was an English landowner and politician who was elected to represent Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor, and four times as MP in the House of Commons between 1584 and 1593 and was also Sheriff of Northumberland.
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Background
Anderson was the eldest son of Bertram Anderson (d.1571) and his wife, Alice Carr, the daughter of Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn.
Career
Anderson was Sheriff (1571–2), Alderman (1575) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1575–6, 1583–4, 1594–5). Justice of the Peace for Northumberland (from 1577), he was later High Sheriff of Northumberland (1586–7) and Justice of the Peace for County Durham (from 1584). Elected to parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he attended the Parliaments of 1584, 1586, 1588, and 1593. He resided at Haswell, County Durham. He died at the beginning of August 1605 and was buried at Pittington, County Durham.
Family
Anderson married Isabella Morland (d.1582), the daughter of Christopher Morland of Pittington, County Durham. They had four daughters. Anderson's second marriage to Fortune Collingwood, the daughter of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland produced a further nine children, including the Royalist Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659).
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