Sir Francis Anderson (21 December 1614–19 July 1679) was an English

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landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, twice as

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and as MP in the

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between 1660 and 1679.

Early life

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Anderson was the only son of Roger Anderson (d.1622) of

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, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife, Anne Jackson, the daughter of William Bower alias Jackson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Oxen-le-Field, County Durham. 'The present state of Newcastle: The suburbs of Newgate', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 191-194. Date accessed: 5 April 2011
/ref> Roger Anderson was Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1612–13) and was one of the seven sons of Francis Anderson (d.1623). Francis the Elder had been Sheriff (1595–6) and

(1601–2, 1612–13) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a distant cousin of the

Sir Henry Anderson. Francis Anderson the Younger was educated at

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and

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.History of Parliament Online - Anderson, Sir Francis
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Career

Anderson was Sheriff (1641–42) and

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of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1642–44 and 1662–79) and was knighted in November 1641. During the

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, he "was a devoted loyalist" and as a result was subsequently fined £1,200, stripped of his knighthood, imprisoned and had his property sequestered. In 1660, Anderson was elected

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for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the

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(1661) and sat until his death. He was a Justice of the Peace for County Durham (1660–79) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1662–63 and 1675–76). Anderson lived at Greyfriars House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in

, and Ryton, County Durham. He was buried at Ryton on 19 July 1679. British School - Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne - 1230309

Family

In 1636, Anderson married Jane Dent (d. 1673), daughter of John Dent of

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, County Durham, and they had seven sons (John, Henry, George, Robert, Francis, Thomas and Roger) and three daughters.R. Surtees, ''The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham'', (1820)
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Arms

Ancestry

References

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