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Sir Henry Anderson
Kt
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1640–1643
Preceded bySir Peter Riddel, Thomas Liddell
Succeeded byJohn Blakiston
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1614–1626
Preceded bySir George Selby, Henry Chapman/Chipenham
Succeeded bySir Peter Riddel, Sir Thomas Ridell
Personal details
Born
Henry Anderson

1582
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Died1659
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NationalityEnglish
Political partyRoyalist
Spouse(s)Mary Remington
Frances (d.1652)
Elizabeth Pinour
Children5
OccupationPolitician

Sir Henry Anderson Kt (1582–1659) was an English politician who was elected to the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1643 and supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Biography

Anderson was the son of Henry Anderson (d.1605) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and his second wife Fortune Collingwood, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland.[1][2] His distant cousin was the Royalist Sir Francis Anderson.

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 24 November 1599, aged 17, when he was of Long Cowton, Yorkshire.[3] He later studied at Gray’s Inn.[1]

Career

He was of London when he was knighted at the house of Sir Thomas Hasilrig at Holmby Alderton (4 August 1608).[4] He was Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1613–14).[5][6] In 1614, Anderson was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (re-elected in 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626)[7] and was High Sheriff of Northumberland (1615–16).[5] Anderson sold his lands in Tyneside in the later 1620s and settled on an estate at Long Cowton, Yorkshire.[1]

In 1637, he gained an audience with Charles I (through Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Sir Thomas Jermyn) who he tried to persuade to abandon his policy of Ship Money but the king was angered and rebuked him for his bold manner.[1]

In November 1640, Anderson was re-elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Long Parliament[7] and sat until he was removed for supporting the king on 4 September 1643. In 1649, Anderson was imprisoned for distributing royalist propaganda and his debts ensured he remained in prison for the rest of his life. He died between 7 March and 29 June 1659.[1]

Family

Anderson married Mary Remington, daughter of Richard Remington of Lockington, Yorkshire, and they had four sons (including Richard) and one daughter.[5] Anderson married for the second time to Frances (d. 1652), and married for the third time to Elizabeth Pinour, widow, the daughter of Constance Hopkins.[1][2]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Anderson
Notes
The arms of the Andersons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2]
Crest
A bird’s head erased Sable, gutté Or, in the beak an arrow point downwards Argent.
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1 and 4: Gules, three trees Argent; 2 and 3: Or, on a chevron Gules between three birds’ heads erased Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f History of Parliament Online - Anderson, Sir Henry
  2. ^ a b c Archive.org - G.W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (1878)
  3. ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Abannan-Appletre', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 1-28. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
  4. ^ Knights of England
  5. ^ a b c C H Hunter Blair The Sheriffs of Northumberland Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities
  6. ^ Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600-1699
  7. ^ a b Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 166–239. Browne Willis gives Sir Francis Anderson in 1621 but Venn states Henry was MP in 1621
Parliament of England
Preceded by
George Selby
Henry Chipenham
 Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne
1614–1626
With: William Jenison 1614
Sir Thomas Ridell 1621–1622
Sir Peter Riddel 1624–1626 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne
1640–1643
With: John Blakiston 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by
Francis Anderson
 Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1613-14 		Succeeded by
William Warmouth
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir John Clavering
 Sheriff of Northumberland
1615-16 		Succeeded by
Sir William Selby
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