Samuel Lee Anderson
Sir Samuel Lee Anderson KCB | |
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Born | June 14, 1837 |
Died | December 1, 1886 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 49)
Nationality | Irish |
Education |
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Occupation(s) | Crown Lawyer, Secret Service Officer, Intelligence Officer, Theologian, Writer |
Years active | 1865–1884 |
Known for | Anti-Fenian activity, establishment of a permanent Secret Service department in Dublin Castle |
Title | Crown Lawyer for the Counties of Waterford and Kilkenny, Marshall of Court of the Admiralty of Ireland |
Spouse | Elizabeth Barcroft |
Parent | Matthew Anderson |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) |
Sir Samuel Lee Anderson
His working life was based on being an intelligence officer and Crown Lawyer[3] in Dublin working alongside his brother Sir Robert Anderson, who was also a lawyer and intelligence officer. Robert collated intelligence sent from the British Consul in America. He was eventually seconded to London to work for the Secret Service Department of the British Crown in the Irish Office in London.[4]
Irish Secret Service
Anderson was appointed by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, the then Chief Secretary for Ireland, to undertake certain confidential work at Dublin Castle and became a specialist in anti-Fenian activity in Ireland.[5] He built an effective intelligence network working alongside his brother,
Invincibles assassination
Because of his secret service work, Samuel Lee Anderson became a target for Fenian dissidents and a group called the "Irish National Invincibles" who saw him as a threat to the republican movement. He avoided assassination by changing his daily route to Dublin Castle on the day he was singled out by the group. [13]
The group eventually assassinated the Permanent Under Secretary Thomas Henry Burke of the Irish Office, and the newly installed Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish; in the Phoenix park, Dublin in May 1882.[14]
Personal life and death
The son of Matthew Anderson, Samuel Lee Anderson was educated at
He married Elizabeth Barcroft[15] in 1863, living at Knapton House, Kingstown (Dun Laoighre, County Dublin) and 74 Baggot Street. His wife was the daughter of Joseph Barcroft of Strangmore, County Tyrone. He worked on Fenian and state trials until the conviction of the Irish National Invincibles in 1882.[16]
Anderson's work "took toll on his health" and he took early retirement in 1884.[2] He was knighted, by Earl Spencer, shortly afterwards in 1884. He died at Knapton House in Dublin on 1 December 1886 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Harold's Cross, Dublin.
References
- ^ "Armorial Families, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies 1895, Page 27. Sir Samuel Lee Anderson KCB". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Irish Biography - Sir Samuel Lee Anderson". Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ ""The Shadow of The Brotherhood" By Barry Kennerk - Page 251- Samuel Lee Anderson appointed as Dublin based Crown Solicitor". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "The Work of Sir Robert Anderson worked in London on anti-Fenian activity". Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ "Conrad's Secrets by R. Hanson - Mentions Sir Samuel Lee Anderson appointed by Lord Mayo for the organising the Secret Service office". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "The Scottish Historical Review by James Maclehose & sons,Glasgow 1907. Sir Robert Anderson on the task of thwarting the Fenian conspiracy (p.98-99)". Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ "Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson by Arthur Posonby Moore-Anderson,1947 - Chapter III - LONDON. THE HOME OFFICE AND SECRET SERVICE". Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ ""The Complete Jack The Ripper" book by Paul Begg and Martin Fido - Writes about Sir Robert Anderson work on the Ripper and mentions his brother - Sir Samuel Lee Anderson work on the Secret Service - DUBLIN". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "War in the Shadows by Shane Kenna - Sir Samuel Lee Anderson work on the Secret Service - DUBLIN". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "Sir Robert Anderson KCB, LLD and Lady Agnes Anderson Hardcover – 1 Jan. 1947 by A P Moore-Anderson". Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "History Ireland Magazine - Published Work in Ireland - The Work of Sir Samuel Lee Anderson, "Photographs" cutting edge early use of photographs". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "Samuel Lee Anderson Promoted as Dublin based Crown Solicitor for Waterford and Kilkenny. The Law Times - October 10th 1868, P552". 1868. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ "Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson,1947, Marshall, Morgan & Scott. Mentions his uncle changing his route on the day an attempt was to be made on his walk to Dublin Castle...."His regular daily route to the Castle was known to anyone who cared to watch him. But once when within a stone's throw of where the murder gang were waiting for him, suddenly remembering some commissions he had promised to execute for his wife, he turned back and went round another way."". Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Phoenix Park Murders by the Invincibles". The Irish Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). "Armorial Families - Marriage of Dame Elizabeth Barcroft in 1863". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "The Law Times - Volume 82 - Page 128 - Obituary". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
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