James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968) Explained

Sir James Drummond Anderson
Birth Date:	1886
Death Date:	1968
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Financial Commissioner of the Punjab from 1941 to 1946

Sir James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968) served as Financial Commissioner of the Punjab from 1941 to 1946.

Biography

Born in 1886, Anderson was the eldest son of James Drummond Anderson, D.Litt., University Lecturer in Bengali at Cambridge. His younger brother William Louis Anderson was an Anglican bishop.^[1] He was assigned to the Defence Department of the Government of India in the late 1930s and made a companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1939.^[2] Subsequently, he was appointed Financial Commissioner, Revenue, and Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Punjab, and made a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire in the 1944 Birthday Honours.^[3] Anderson was photographed in 1948 and 1961 by Walter Stoneman for the National Photographic Record of the National Portrait Gallery.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anderson, Sir James Drummond (1886-1968), knight, Financial Commissioner of the Punjab . 2024-10-30 . Trinity College Cambridge Archives.
2. News: 2 January 1939 . Scots in New Years Honours List . Glasgow Herald . 10.
3. Web site: 8 June 1944 . Supplement to the London Gazette . 30 October 2024 . The Gazette . 2570.
4. Web site: Sir James Drummond Anderson . 30 October 2024 . National Portrait Gallery.