Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill

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Sir John William Anderson, 1st Baronet (ca. 1736 – 21 May 1813) was a British politician.

Born in

London from 1793 to 1806. Between 1797 and 1798, Anderson was Lord Mayor of London. On 14 May 1798, he was made a baronet, of Mill Hill, Hendon, in the County of Middlesex.[3]

In 1762, he married Dorothy Simkins, daughter of Charles Simkins. Their marriage was childless. Anderson died in May 1813 and the baronetcy became extinct.

Anderson baronets
Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Mill Hill
Creation date1798[4]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1813[4]

Involvement in slave trade

Bunce Island, 1805, during the period the slave factory was run by John & Alexander Anderson

John, with his brother

West India Dock Company.[5] He was a director of the company from 1803 until his death.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Thorne, R. G. "Anderson, John William (1735/6-1813), of Mill Hill, Hendon, Mdx". www.histparl.ac.uk. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ISBN 9781860775390.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link
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  3. ^ "No. 15012". The London Gazette. 1 May 1798. p. 368.
  4. ^ a b Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. W. Clowes. p. 8.
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  6. ^ a b Rawley, James (2003). London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press.: 140 

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