Sir James Anderson (28 November 1800 – 8 May 1864) was a British politician and manufacturer. Born at

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright. Aged fifteen, he moved to

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to accompany his older brother David. Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities. Anderson served as a Councillor from 1841 to 1854 and was appointed

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in 1848 and was created a

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's visit in the following year. He held this post until 1851 and entered the

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in the next year, sitting for Stirling Burghs until 1859. In 1850 he was living at 3

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. He married Janet, the only daughter and heiress of Robert Hood, a fellow Bailie of Glasgow Council. The couple had three sons and a daughter. Anderson died, aged 63, at his mansion in Blairvadick in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, James 1800 births 1864 deaths Knights Bachelor Lord Provosts of Glasgow Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stirling constituencies