Henry Anderson (Cavalier)

Sir Henry Anderson Kt (1582–1659) was an English politician who was elected to the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1643 and supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Sir Henry Anderson Kt
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office 1640–1643
Preceded by	Sir Peter Riddel, Thomas Liddell
Succeeded by	John Blakiston
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office 1614–1626
Preceded by	Sir George Selby, Henry Chapman/Chipenham
Succeeded by	Sir Peter Riddel, Sir Thomas Ridell
Personal details
Born	Henry Anderson 1582 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Died	1659 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Nationality	English
Political party	Royalist
Spouse(s)	Mary Remington Frances (d.1652) Elizabeth Pinour
Children	5
Occupation	Politician

Biography

Anderson was the son of Henry Anderson (d.1605) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and his second wife Fortune Collingwood, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland.[1][2] His distant cousin was the Royalist Sir Francis Anderson.

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 24 November 1599, aged 17, when he was of Long Cowton, Yorkshire.[3] He later studied at Gray’s Inn.[1]

Career

He was of London when he was knighted at the house of Sir Thomas Hasilrig at Holmby Alderton (4 August 1608).[4] He was Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1613–14).[5][6] In 1614, Anderson was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (re-elected in 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626)[7] and was High Sheriff of Northumberland (1615–16).[5] Anderson sold his lands in Tyneside in the later 1620s and settled on an estate at Long Cowton, Yorkshire.[1]

In 1637, he gained an audience with Charles I (through Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Sir Thomas Jermyn) who he tried to persuade to abandon his policy of Ship Money but the king was angered and rebuked him for his bold manner.[1]

In November 1640, Anderson was re-elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Long Parliament[7] and sat until he was removed for supporting the king on 4 September 1643. In 1649, Anderson was imprisoned for distributing royalist propaganda and his debts ensured he remained in prison for the rest of his life. He died between 7 March and 29 June 1659.[1]

Family

Anderson married Mary Remington, daughter of Richard Remington of Lockington, Yorkshire, and they had four sons (including Richard) and one daughter.[5] Anderson married for the second time to Frances (d. 1652), and married for the third time to Elizabeth Pinour, widow, the daughter of Constance Hopkins.[1][2]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Anderson

Notes The arms of the Andersons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2] Crest A bird’s head erased Sable, gutté Or, in the beak an arrow point downwards Argent. Escutcheon Quarterly: 1 and 4: Gules, three trees Argent; 2 and 3: Or, on a chevron Gules between three birds’ heads erased Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659)

32. Richard Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 16. John Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 8. Henry Anderson (1484–1559) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 34. Thomas Lockwood of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17. Marian Lockwood 35. (Unknown) Stephenson 4. Bertram Anderson (1505–71) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18. Robert Orde of Ord, Northumberland 9. Ann Orde 2. Henry Anderson (1545–1605) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10. Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5. Alice Carr 1. Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659) 48. John Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland 24. Robert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland 12. John Collingwood of Eslington, Northumberland 25. (Unknown) Heron 6. Sir Cuthbert Collingwood (1538–96) of Eslington, Northumberland 52. John Buckton of Buckton 26. William Buckton of Buckton 13. Ursula Buckton 3. Fortune Collingwood 56. Ralph Bowes of Streatlam Castle 28. Richard Bowes (d.1558) of Streatlam Castle 57. Margery Conyers 14. Sir George Bowes (1527–80) of Streatlam Castle 58. Roger Aske (d.1510/11) 29. Elizabeth Aske (1505–c.1572) 59. Margery Sedgwick 7. Dorothy Bowes 60. Sir John Mallory of Studley Royal 30. Sir William Mallory of Studley Royal 61. Margaret Thwaites 15. Dorothy Mallory

References

1. History of Parliament Online - Anderson, Sir Henry
2. Archive.org - G.W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (1878)
3. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Abannan-Appletre', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 1-28. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
4. Knights of England
5. C H Hunter Blair The Sheriffs of Northumberland Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities
6. Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600-1699
7. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 166–239. Browne Willis gives Sir Francis Anderson in 1621 but Venn states Henry was MP in 1621