Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

Lime Grove, Putney. _m._ (2) 1833 Jane dau. of Archibald Wight of Ormiston, East Lothian). _d._ 99 Westbourne terrace, London 17 March 1857. _G. M. ii_, 493–94 (1857). ANDERSON, SIR HENRY LACON (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Surat, East Indies 1817; ed. at St. Paul’s, at St. John’s coll. Ox. and Haileybury; entered Bombay civil service 1840; judge of Kandeish 1853; sec. to government of Bombay in political and judicial departments 1854; chief sec. to government 1860; mem. of council of India for making laws and regulations 1863–1865, when he retired; sec. to India Board in judicial, public and sanitary departments 1866; K.C.S.I. for long service in Bombay 24 May 1867. (_m._ 1841 Anne Grace 4 dau. of Hope Stewart of Ballechin, Perthshire, she _d._ 19 Feb. 1885). _d._ 46 Leinster gardens, London 7 April 1879 aged 62. ANDERSON, REV. JAMES. _b._ Newburgh; ed. at St. Andrew’s Univ.; B.D., D.D.; author of _The Course of creation_ 1846; _Dura Den, a monograph_ 1859. _d._ Nice 16 March 1864 aged 65. ANDERSON, SIR JAMES (_son of John Anderson of Stirling, merchant_). _b._ Stirling 1800; a manufacturer at Glasgow; lord provost 1848–49; knighted by the Queen at Glasgow 14 Aug. 1849; M.P. for Stirling (lib.) 13 July 1852 to 23 April 1859. (_m._ 1831 Janet only dau. of Robert Hood of Glasgow). _d._ Blairvadick, Dumbartonshire 8 May 1864. ANDERSON, JAMES. _b._ Cumberland; went to Rome before 1839; became well known there as a photographer under name of Isaac Atkinson. _d._ Rome 28 Feb. 1877. _Law Reports xxi Chancery division_ 100–104 (1882). ANDERSON, JAMES. _b._ 1797; entered navy 17 Sep. 1808; captain 1 Nov. 1849; retired admiral 21 March 1878. _d._ Teignmouth, Devon 7 March 1882 in 85 year. ANDERSON, REV. JAMES. ed. at Univ. of Aberdeen; lived at Morpeth 1844 to death; the first moderator of Presbyterian church of England; D.D. St. Andrew’s 12 Feb. 1878. _d._ The Manse, Morpeth 17 May 1882 in 87 year. ANDERSON, SIR JAMES CALEB, 1 Baronet (_elder son of John Anderson of Fermoy co. Cork, merchant, by his 2 wife Elizabeth only dau. of James Semple, of Waterford, she d. 3 April 1830_). _b._ Waterford 21 July 1792; created a baronet 22 March 1813 as a mark of approbation of the services rendered to Ireland by his father, who advanced the civilization of Ireland fully 50 years; improved steam locomotion. (_m._ 1815 Caroline 4 dau. of Robert Shaw of Dublin, she _d._ 1859). _d._ London 4 April 1861. _D. O. Madden’s Revelations of Ireland_ (1848) 268–85. ANDERSON, SIR JAMES EGLINTON (_eld. son of W. Anderson of Glasgow, merchant, by a dau. of James Eglinton_). _b._ 1788; ed. Univ. of Glasgow; M.D. Edin. and Dublin; entered medical department of the navy 1808; surgeon 19 Aug. 1811; Surgeon to one of royal yachts 1827 to Nov. 1833, when he retired from the service; M.R.C.P.; Physician in ord. to Lord Lieut. of Ireland; knighted by him 1829; M.R.I.A. (_m._ 1819 Jane 3 dau. of Rev. W. Learmont of Luce Abbey, she _d._ 20 Sep. 1857). _d._ 7 Harley st. London 29 Feb. 1856. ANDERSON, REV. JAMES STUART MURRAY. ed. at Ball. coll. Ox.; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1823; P.C. of St. George’s, Brighton 1831–51; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 1844; preacher of Lincoln’s Inn 1844–1859; R. of Tormarton, Gloucs. 1851; hon. canon of Bristol 1856; British chaplain at Bonn 1859; author of _The history of the church of England in the colonies and foreign dependencies of the British empire, 3 vols._ 1845–56, _2 ed._ 1856; _Addresses on miscellaneous subjects_ 1849, _2 ed._ 1858, and many sermons. _d._ Bonn 22 Sep. 1869. _I.L.N. xxvi_, 269 (1855) _portrait_. ANDERSON, REV. JOHN. _b._ Craig farm, parish of Kilpatrick-Durham, Galloway 23 May 1805; ed. at Univ. of Edin; ordained a minister of church of Scotland 13 July 1836; sent out to Madras as a missionary 1836; baptised his first converts 20 June 1841; joined the Free Church at the disruption 1 July 1843; the mission was then carried on in connection with that church; established many schools both for boys and girls; published the _Native Herald_, a bimonthly periodical 2 Oct. 1841. _d._ Madras 25 March 1855. _Rev. John Braidwood’s True Yoke-fellows in the mission field_ 1862, _portrait_. ANDERSON, JOHN. Col. 43 Madras N.I. 7 Jan. 1843 to 7 Feb. 1848; col. 37 Madras N.I. 7 Feb. 1848 to death; L.G. 23 Sep. 1857. _d._ Folkestone 22 July 1858. ANDERSON, JOHN (_son of Wm. Anderson of Green st. London, horse dealer_). Partner with his father many years; the first man to direct attention to the value of action in horses; Anderson’s Steppers were known all over Europe; kept steppers in Green st., hacks in Bryanston st. and hunters at Mapesbury farm, Willesden lane, which is minutely described in Edmund Yates’s first novel; _Broken to harness_ 1865. _d._ Jany. 1864 aged 55. _Sporting Gazette 11 Feb. 1865_, _p._ 113. NOTE.—His horses were sold 7–9 Feb. 1865 for sum of £20898 average £205 each horse, which exceeded in value any previous sale of horses in this country. ANDERSON, JOHN. Col. 61 Bengal N.I. 7 July 1842 to death; General 14 Jan. 1864. _d._ Norwood, Surrey 25 April 1866 aged 84. ANDERSON, REV. JOHN HENRY. _b._ Oakham 4 July 1841; Wesleyan Methodist minister 1862 to death. _d._ on board the “Lorraine” in latitude 28°31 S. longitude 61°46 E. in the Indian ocean 3 Jany.