| Sir James Anderson | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) |
| Birth Date: | 1800 |
| Birth Place: | Stirling |
| Death Date: | 1864 |
| Death Place: | Blairvadach |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
Sir James Anderson (28 November 1800 – 8 May 1864) was a British politician and manufacturer.
Born at Stirling, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright.[1] Aged fifteen, he moved to Glasgow to accompany his older brother David.[2] Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities.[2]
Anderson served as a Councillor from 1841 to 1854[3] and was appointed Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1848 and was created a Knight Bachelor on Queen Victoria's visit in the following year.[1] He held this post until 1851 and entered the British House of Commons in the next year, sitting for Stirling Burghs until 1859.[4]
In 1850 he was living at 3 Blythswood Square.[5]
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.[2] Anderson died, aged 63, at his mansion in Blairvadack in Dumbartonshire.[6]