Bertram Anderson

Bertram Anderson (1505 – 14 March 1571) was an English merchant, landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne and served once as Sheriff, three times as Mayor and was elected five times as MP in the House of Commons between 1553 and 1563 and was also Governor of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Bertram Anderson
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1563–1567
Serving with Sir Robert Brandling
Preceded byRobert Lewen
Cuthbert Blount
Succeeded byWilliam Carr
William Jenison
In office
1558–1558
Serving with Robert Lewen
Preceded bySir Robert Brandling
Cuthbert Blount
Succeeded byRobert Lewen
Cuthbert Blount
In office
November 1554 – 1555
Serving with John Watson
Preceded byBertram Anderson
Cuthbert Horsley
Succeeded bySir Robert Brandling
Cuthbert Blount
In office
April 1554 – 1554
Serving with Cuthbert Horsley
Preceded byBertram Anderson
Robert Lewen
Succeeded byBertram Anderson
John Watson
In office
March 1553 – 1553
Serving with Robert Lewen
Preceded bySir Francis Leke
Sir Robert Brandling
Succeeded bySir Robert Brandling
Edward Hall
Civic offices
Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1563–1564
Preceded byWilliam Dent
Succeeded bySir Robert Brandling
In office
1557–1558
Preceded byChristopher Mitford
Succeeded byOswald Chapman
In office
1551–1552
Preceded byRobert Brigham
Succeeded byRobert Lewen
Honorary titles
Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1543–1544
Preceded byMark Shafto
Succeeded byCuthbert Ellison
Personal details
Born1505 (1505)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Died14 March 1571(1571-03-14) (aged 65–66)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NationalityEnglish
SpouseAlice Carr
ChildrenInter alia, Henry Anderson
ParentHenry Anderson
Residence(s)Haswell Grange, Haswell
Occupation
  • Merchant
  • Politician

Background

Anderson was the son of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne grocer and merchant Henry Anderson (c.1484–1559) and his wife, Anne Orde, the daughter of Robert Orde of Ord, Northumberland.[1][2]

Career

Anderson was elected Sheriff (1543–44) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–52, 1557–58, 1563–64), and was also Escheator of Northumberland (1555–56).[3] He was elected to Parliament to represent Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the Parliaments of 1553, April 1554, November 1554, 1558, and 1563.[4]

As a merchant he traded in the Baltic and with the Netherlands, and later extended his interests to coal mining. He also purchased lands in Coken and Haswell, County Durham, among other properties.[1] He later resided at Haswell Grange, Haswell, County Durham. Like his father, he was Governor of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1551–52, 1557–58). Anderson died on 14 March 1571.[4][5][6]

Family

Anderson married Alice Carr, the daughter of Ralph or Robert Carr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[4] They had five children, including Henry (1545–1605).[2]

Arms
Coat of arms of Bertram Anderson
Notes
The arms of the Andersons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2]
Escutcheon
Or, on a chevron Gules between three birds’ heads erased Sable, as many acorns slipped Argent, on a canton Sable three martlets Argent.

Ancestry

References
  1. History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Bertram
  2. Archive.org – G.W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (1878)
  3. "Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600–1699". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Bertram
  5. Archive.org – Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, etc, of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Part I, ed. James Raine, Surtees Society, 2 (1835), pp. 335–42.
  6. Archive.org – Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part III, ed. John Crawford Hodgson, Surtees Society, 112 (1906), pp. 58–61.
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