Anderson Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
A Scottish and northern English patronymic surname meaning “son of Ander/Andrew”, which are personal names derived from the Greek name Andreas, meaning “man” or “manly”. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable at least in part to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland.

EARLY BEARERS
Roger Andreweson – Yorkshire – 1272
Henry Androsoun – Scotland – 1443
Martin Aunderson – Yorkshire - 1495

NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Anderson Baronetcy of St Ives in the County of Huntingdon was created in the Baronetage of England in 1629 for Sir John Anderson, son of William Anderson, son of Sir William Anderson (1530-1605) who had acquired Lea Hall in Lincolnshire

The Anderson Baronetcy of Penley in the County of Hertford was created in the Baronetage of England in 1643 for Sir Henry Anderson. He was the grandson of Sir Henry Anderson (1582-1659), an English Royalist landowner and politician. The baronetcy went extinct upon the death of the 2nd Baronet, Sir Richard Anderson, in 1699

The Anderson Baronetcy of Broughton in the County of Lincoln was created in the Baronetage of England in 1660 for Sir Edmund Anderson.

The Anderson Baronetcy of Eyworth in the County of Bedford was created in the Baronetage of England in 1664 for Sir Stephen Anderson, grandson of Sir Francis Anderson (1574-1616) of Eyeworth, who was son of Sir Edmund Anderson (1530-1605) of Eyeworth

The Anderson Baronetcy of Mill Hill, Hendon in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 14 May 1798 for John Anderson, Lord Mayor of London from 1797 to 1798.

The Anderson Baronetcy of Fermoy in the County of Cork was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on in 1813 for Sir James Anderson, in recognition of the public services rendered to Ireland by his father, the businessman John Anderson.

LANDED GENTRY
Anderson of Little Harle Tower, co. Northumberland, England
Anderson of Grace Dieu, co. Waterford, Ireland

NOTABLES
George Frederick Anderson (1793-1876) was a British violinist and Master of the Queen's Music whose wife Lucy, taught piano to Queen Victoria

Madge Easton Anderson (1896-1982) was a Scottish lawyer. She was the first woman admitted to practise as a professional lawyer in the UK when, in 1920, she qualified as a solicitor in Scotland

Sir William Anderson (1835-1898) was an English engineer who also served as director-general of the Ordnance Factories from 1889 to 1898.

Sir James Anderson (1824-1893), Telegraphic engineer

Sir Alexander Anderson of Blelack (1802–1887) was a Scottish advocate and politician who served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1859 to 1866.

John Anderson (1726–1796) Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator

James Anderson (1738-1809), Botanist, agriculturalist and physician in India

Robert Anderson (1792-1843), Clergyman, served as perpetual curate of Trinity Chapel in Brighton

EARLY SETTLERS
Jochem Anderson – New York – 1600
Heinrich Anderson – Pennsylvania – 1627
Thomas Anderson – Virginia – 1634
John Anderson – Virginia – 1634
Joseph Anderson – Virginia – 1635
Richard Anderson – Virginia – 1635