Henry_Anderson_(MP)

Henry Anderson (Cavalier)

Henry Anderson (Cavalier)

English landowner, politician and MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1582–1659)

Sir Henry Anderson (1582–1659) was an English Royalist landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Mayor and twice as MP in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1643 and was also High Sheriff of Northumberland.

Quick Facts Sir Henry Anderson, MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne ...

Early life

Christ Church, Oxford

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. During the English Civil War, Anderson was imprisoned for distributing royalist propaganda in 1649 and his debts ensured he remained in prison for the rest of his life. He died between 7 March and 29 June 1659.[1]

Middle Street, Newcastle

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.

References

  1. [1]
    History of Parliament Online - Anderson, Sir Henry
  2. [2]
    Archive.org - G.W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (1878)
  3. [3]
    'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Abannan-Appletre', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 1-28. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
  4. [4]
    Knights of England
  5. [5]
    C H Hunter Blair The Sheriffs of Northumberland Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities
  6. [6]
    "Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600-1699". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. [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
More information Parliament of England, Civic offices ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Henry_Anderson_(MP), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.