Commander Albert Wesley Anderson (23 July 1907 – 18 June 1986) was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir

Robert Newton Anderson Sir Robert Newton Anderson (8 December 1871 – 23 May 1948) was a unionist politician in Ireland. Born in County Fermanagh, Anderson ran a company making hosiery in Derry. He became active in the Irish Unionist Party and was elected as May ...

and Lydia "Lily" Elizabeth Smith, a businessman, member of Londonderry City Council and Lord Mayor of Londonderry (from 1963 to 1968). Albert Anderson was born in

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

and educated at

Foyle College Foyle College is a co-educational non-denominational voluntary grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. The school's legal name is Foyle and Londonderry College. In 1976, two local schools, Foyle College and Londonderry High School, merged und ...

and at Rydal School (

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), followed by the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...

. He served as a Commander in the Royal Navy during the

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. Member of

Londonderry Corporation Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

until 1969. He was

Mayor of Londonderry The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry City & Strabane District in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by their peers ...

(and ''ex officio'' Member of the

Senate of Northern Ireland The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Powers In practice the Sen ...

) from 1963 to 1968. During this period, he was a leading figure in the unsuccessful campaign to site a new university in Derry.Marilynn J. Richtarik, ''Acting Between the Lines'', pp. 16-17 He was elected

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...

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for the City of Londonderry from the by-election of 16 May 1968 until the prorogation of the Stormont Parliament in 1972. Anderson was Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs from 26 October 1971 until 1972.

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Biography

Dictionary of Irish Biography

1911 Census Return
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Albert 1907 births 1986 deaths Alumni of the University of Nottingham Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1965 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1969–1973 Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland) Mayors of Derry People educated at Foyle College Place of death missing Politicians from County Londonderry Royal Navy officers of World War II Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Londonderry constituencies Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party councillors