Frederick Anderson (17 November 1855 – 5 January 1940) was a

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player and businessman in Shanghai and London. He served two terms as the Chairman of the

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Anderson was born on 17 November 1855 in

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, Scotland, to James Anderson. He was educated at

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. Anderson played as a

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for

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, Queen's Park and represented the

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national team once, in an 1874

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against

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. He scored Scotland's first goal in a 2–1 win. He also played in the first ever

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, which his Clydesdale team lost 2–0 to his former club, Queen's Park in 1874. Anderson moved to Shanghai in the early 1880s to join Messrs Holliday, Wise & Co. At the beginning of 1890 he joined Messrs Ilbert & Co and by 1909 had become the principal partner of the firm. Anderson served on the

for eight years from 1892 to 1897. The Municipal Council was the body that ran the Settlement. He was elected chairman in August 1899 following the resignation of

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and served until 1900. He served as Chairman again from 1904 to 1906. He was also the local chairman in Shanghai of the

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. In 1898-99 and 1908–9, Shanghai Rugby Club chose Frederick Anderson as president in 1905. He had previously played two games of rugby for the second Shanghai Football Club, once in January 1882 and then four years later in January 1886. He left Shanghai in 1909 and returned to London. In 1919 he was serving as chairman of the

in London and in 1922 he was re-elected President of the association. He died on 5 January 1940.

Personal life

Anderson married Sophia Louisa Le Hunte Ward, daughter of Admiral T. Le Hunte Ward C.B. on 4 June 1896. They had two children Frederick Le Hunte Anderson, and Helen Sophia Anderson.Who's Who in the Far East 1906; British Peerage

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Frederick Association football forwards Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Clydesdale F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council 1855 births 1940 deaths Scottish businesspeople Place of birth missing Place of death missing People educated at the Glasgow Academy

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