Henry Anderson (1545 – 1605) was an English landowner and politician who was elected to represent

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once as

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, three times as

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, and four times as MP in the

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between 1584 and 1593 and was also

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Background

Anderson was the eldest son of Bertram Anderson (d.1571) and his wife, Alice Carr, the daughter of Robert Carr of

. He was educated at

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and

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.History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Henry
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Career

Anderson was

(1571–2),

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(1575) and

(1575–6, 1583–4, 1594–5).

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for

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(from 1577), he was later

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(1586–7) and

for

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(from 1584). Elected to parliament for

, he attended the Parliaments of 1584, 1586, 1588, and 1593. He resided at Haswell, County Durham. He died at the beginning of August 1605 and was buried at

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, County Durham.

Family

Anderson married Isabella Morland (d.1582), the daughter of Christopher Morland of

, County Durham. They had four daughters. Anderson's second marriage to Fortune Collingwood, the daughter of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland produced a further nine children, including the

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Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659).

Arms

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Henry 1545 births 1605 deaths Anderson family of Newcastle-upon-Tyne English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1593 High Sheriffs of Northumberland English MPs 1589 Politicians from Newcastle upon Tyne People from Haswell, County Durham