Sir Kenneth Anderson, 1st Baronet explained

Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, 1st Baronet, KCMG (21 December 1866 – 9 December 1942) was a British shipowner and public servant. He was a manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company and a director of Anderson, Green & Co., shipowners.

Anderson was educated at Harrow School. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1885. He followed his father into the family business after his graduation.

During the First World War, he served in numerous committees related to shipping, and was a close associate of the Shipping Controller, Sir Joseph Maclay.

Anderson was created a KCMG in 1909 and a baronet, of Ardtaraig in the County of Perth, in 1919. He was also a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Anderson baronets
Creation Date:1919
Status:extinct
Extinction Date:1942

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