Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet (8 December 1837 – 16 July 1921), was an Irish businessman, High Sheriff and

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. He was the son of James Anderson, of Corbofin,

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, and moved to

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at the age of fifteen. In 1861, in conjunction with the John B. McAuley, he founded and remained proprietor of the firm of Anderson and McAuley, a now defunct Belfast department store. He was also a director of several other companies. Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Etc. of Great Britain and Ireland for 1915, page 53. Chairman of Anderson & McAuley, Ltd. ; Sir John Arnott & Co., Ltd. ; Vulcanite, Ltd. ; City Estates, Ltd. ; Milfort Weaving and Finishing Co., Ltd. ; William Ross & Co., Ltd., spinners. ; Baltic Firewood Co., Ltd. ; a director of Laganvale Brick Works. Vulcanite Ltd. was acquired by Ruberoid Co in 1971, now part of the IKO grou

He was a J.P. for

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, appointed

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in 1903 and knighted the same year during a visit by

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. He became a Conservative Member of the Corporation of Belfast from 1893, and was elected

in 1908. In 1911 he was appointed

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and created a

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, of Parkmount in the County of the City of Belfast and of Mullaghmore in the County of Monaghan. In 1890, he had married Wilhelmina, daughter of the Rev. Andrew Long, of Monreagh, Carrigans,

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. They lived at Parkmount, Greencastle, County Antrim (which he had purchased from the McNeills), and at Mullaghmore House, County Monaghan. He died in 1921 and was buried in

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. On his death without an heir the baronetage became extinct.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Robert, 1st Baronet 1837 births 1921 deaths High Sheriffs of Belfast High Sheriffs of Monaghan Lord Mayors of Belfast Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 19th-century Irish businesspeople 20th-century Irish businesspeople Burials at Belfast City Cemetery