Bertram Anderson

Bertram Anderson
Bertram Anderson
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	In office; 1563–1567
Preceded by	Robert Lewen, Cuthbert Blount
Succeeded by	William Carr, William Jenison
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	In office; 1558–1558
Preceded by	Sir Robert Brandling, Cuthbert Blount
Succeeded by	Robert Lewen, Cuthbert Blount
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	In office; November 1554 – 1555
Preceded by	Bertram Anderson, Cuthbert Horsley
Succeeded by	Sir Robert Brandling, Cuthbert Blount
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	In office; April 1554 – 1554
Preceded by	Bertram Anderson, Robert Lewen
Succeeded by	Bertram Anderson, John Watson
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	In office; March 1553 – 1553
Preceded by	Sir Francis Leke, Sir Robert Brandling
Succeeded by	Sir Robert Brandling, Edward Hall
Personal details
Born	1505; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Died	14 March 1571; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Nationality	British
Children	Inter alia, Henry Anderson (1545–1605)
Occupation	Merchant; Politician;

Bertram Anderson (1505–14 March 1571) was an English politician who was elected to the House of Commons between 1553 and 1563.

Background

Anderson was the son of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne grocer and merchant Henry Anderson (c.1484–1559) and his wife, Anne Orde, the daughter of Robert Orde of Ord, Northumberland.^[1]^[2]

Career

Anderson was elected Sheriff (1543–4) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–2, 1557–8, 1563–4), and was also Escheator of Northumberland (1555–6).^[3] He was elected to Parliament to represent Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the Parliaments of 1553, April 1554, November 1554, 1558, and 1563.^[4]

As a merchant he traded in the Baltic and with the Netherlands, and later extended his interests to coal mining. He also purchased lands in Coken and Haswell, County Durham, among other properties.^[1] He later resided at Haswell, County Durham. Like his father, he was Governor of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–2, 1557–8). Anderson died on 14 March 1571.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Family

Anderson married Alice Carr, the daughter of Ralph or Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.^[4] They had five children, including Henry (1545–1605).^[2]

Arms

Coat of arms of Bertram Anderson
Notes The arms of the Andersons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne^[2] Escutcheon Or, on a chevron Gules between three birds’ heads erased Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Bertram Anderson (1505–71)

8. Richard Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

4. John Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

2. Henry Anderson (1484–1559) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

10. Thomas Lockwood of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

5. Marian Lockwood

11. (Unknown) Stephenson

1. Bertram Anderson (1505–71)

6. Robert Orde of Ord, Northumberland

3. Ann Orde

References

Civic offices
Preceded by William Dent	Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1563–4	Succeeded by Sir Robert Brandling
Preceded by Christopher Mitford	Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1557–8	Succeeded by Oswald Chapman
Preceded by Robert Brigham	Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1551–2	Succeeded by Robert Lewen
Honorary titles
Preceded by Mark Shafto	Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1543–4	Succeeded by Cuthbert Ellison

[HOP1981-1] History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Bertram

[Visitation-2] Archive.org – G.W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (1878)

[mayors-3] Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600–1699

[HOP1982-4] History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Bertram

[5] Archive.org – Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, etc, of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Part I, ed. James Raine, Surtees Society, 2 (1835), pp. 335–42.

[6] Archive.org – Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part III, ed. John Crawford Hodgson, Surtees Society, 112 (1906), pp. 58–61.

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