| Bertram Anderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Office: | MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 1567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alongside: | Sir Robert Brandling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Robert Lewen Cuthbert Blount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | William Carr William Jenison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End1: | 1558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alongside1: | Robert Lewen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Sir Robert Brandling Cuthbert Blount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Robert Lewen Cuthbert Blount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | November 1554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 1555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alongside2: | John Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Bertram Anderson Cuthbert Horsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor2: | Sir Robert Brandling Cuthbert Blount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start3: | April 1554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End3: | 1554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alongside3: | Cuthbert Horsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Bertram Anderson Robert Lewen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor3: | Bertram Anderson John Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start4: | March 1553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End4: | 1553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alongside4: | Robert Lewen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor4: | Sir Francis Leke Sir Robert Brandling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor4: | Sir Robert Brandling Edward Hall
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| Birth Place: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence: | Haswell Grange, Haswell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents: | Henry Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Alice Carr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | Inter alia, Henry Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bertram Anderson (1505 – 14 March 1571) was an English merchant, landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne and served once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor and was elected five times as MP in the House of Commons between 1553 and 1563 and was also Governor of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Anderson was the son of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne grocer and merchant Henry Anderson (c.1484–1559) and his wife, Anne Orde, the daughter of Robert Orde of Ord, Northumberland.[1] [2]
Anderson was elected Sheriff (1543–44) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–52, 1557–58, 1563–64), and was also Escheator of Northumberland (1555–56).[3] He was elected to Parliament to represent Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the Parliaments of 1553, April 1554, November 1554, 1558, and 1563.[4]
As a merchant he traded in the Baltic and with the Netherlands, and later extended his interests to coal mining. He also purchased lands in Coken and Haswell, County Durham, among other properties.[1] He later resided at Haswell Grange, Haswell, County Durham. Like his father, he was Governor of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–52, 1557–58). Anderson died on 14 March 1571.[4] [5] [6]
Anderson married Alice Carr, the daughter of Ralph or Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[4] They had five children, including Henry (1545–1605).[2]
| Notes: | The arms of the Andersons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Escutcheon: | Or, on a chevron Gules between three birds’ heads erased Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent. |