Henry Anderson (politician) explained

Honorific Prefix:	Alderman
Henry Anderson
Honorific Suffix:	JP
Office:	MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Term Start:	1593
Term End:	1593
Predecessor:	Henry Anderson Henry Mitford
Successor:	Henry Chapman Henry Lindley
Term Start1:	1588
Term End1:	1588
Predecessor1:	Henry Anderson Edward Lewen
Successor1:	Henry Anderson Henry Mitford
Term Start2:	1586
Term End2:	1587
Predecessor2:	Henry Anderson William Jenison
Successor2:	Henry Anderson Henry Mitford
Term Start3:	1584
Term End3:	1585
Predecessor3:	William Jenison William Selby
Successor3:	Henry Anderson Edward Lewen Embed: yes Office: Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Term Start: 1594 Term End: 1595 Predecessor: Lionel Maddison Successor: William Riddell Term Start1: 1583 Term End1: 1584 Predecessor1: William Riddell Successor1: Henry Mitford Term Start2: 1575 Term End2: 1576 Predecessor2: John Watson Successor2: Henry Brandling Embed: yes Office: Sheriff of Northumberland Term Start: 1586 Term End: 1587 Predecessor: Robert Clauding Successor: Sir William Fenwick Office1: Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Term Start1: 1571 Term End1: 1572 Predecessor1: George Briggs Successor1: Robert Barker
Birth Place:	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Death Place:	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Nationality:	British
Alma Mater:	St John's College, Cambridge Gray's Inn
Parents:	Bertram Anderson
Spouse:	(1) Isabella Morland (d.1582); (2) Fortune Collingwood
Children:	Inter alia, Sir Henry Anderson
Residence:	Haswell Grange, Haswell

Henry Anderson (1545 – 1605) was an English landowner and politician who was elected to represent Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor, and four times as MP in the House of Commons between 1584 and 1593 and was also Sheriff of Northumberland.

Background

Anderson was the eldest son of Bertram Anderson (d.1571) and his wife, Alice Carr, the daughter of Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Anderson was Sheriff (1571 - 2), Alderman (1575) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1575 - 6, 1583 - 4, 1594 - 5).^[3] Justice of the Peace for Northumberland (from 1577), he was later High Sheriff of Northumberland (1586 - 7) and Justice of the Peace for County Durham (from 1584). Elected to parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 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 Pittington, County Durham.^[1]

Family

Anderson married Isabella Morland (d.1582), the daughter of Christopher Morland of Pittington, 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 Royalist Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659).^{[1] [2]}

Arms

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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/anderson-henry-1545-1605 History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Henry
2. [iarchive:visitationofnort00sainrich|Archive.org – G.W. Marshall, ''The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615'' (1878)]
3. Web site: Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600–1699 . 2 December 2020 . 17 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100317040245/http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/lm1600 . dead .