Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson

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(5 March 1797 – 28 September 1853) was a Scottish judge and

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Life

Anderson was the second son of Samuel Anderson of Moredun, an

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banker, and Jane Hay. The family lived at 41 George Street, then a new building in the still-growing

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. He qualified as an Advocate in 1818. From 1835 to 1841 he was

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. He served as

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from 1842 to 1846 and as Lord Advocate from February to May 1852. In 1850 he was living at 98 George Street in

. Anderson was elected a Fellow of the

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on 5 February 1849. He died at Upper Brook Street in London, age 56.

Character

Anderson is described in the journal of James Robertson, sheriff-substitute, in his entry for 22 November 1842 as follows:

References

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