Francis Anderson (MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Sir Francis Anderson JP (21 December 1614 – 19 July 1679) was an English Royalist landowner and politician who represented Newcastle-upon-Tyne once as Sheriff, twice as Mayor and as MP in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1679.

Alderman
Sir Francis Anderson
JP
MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1661–1679
Preceded bySir Francis Anderson
Succeeded byWilliam Blackett
In office
1660–1660
Preceded byRobert Ellison
William Calverley
Succeeded bySir Francis Anderson
Sir John Marlay
Sir Robert Slingsby, Bt
Civic offices
Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1675–1676
Preceded byThomas Jennison
Succeeded bySir Ralph Carr
In office
1662–1663
Preceded bySir John Marley
Succeeded bySir James Clavering
Honorary titles
Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
1641–1642
Preceded byFrancis Liddell
Succeeded byHenry Maddison
Personal details
Born
Francis Anderson

(1614-12-21)21 December 1614
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
Died19 July 1679(1679-07-19) (aged 64)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NationalityEnglish
Political partyRoyalist
SpouseJane Dent (d.1673)
Children10
RelativesSir Henry Anderson (cousin)
Residence(s)Greyfriars House, Newcastle
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Gray's Inn
OccupationPolitician

Early life
Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Anderson was the only son of Roger Anderson (d.1622) of Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife, Anne Jackson, the daughter of William Bower alias Jackson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Oxen-le-Field, County Durham.[1]

Roger Anderson was Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1612–13)[2] and was one of the seven sons of Francis Anderson (d.1623). Francis the Elder had been Sheriff (1595–6) and Mayor (1601–2, 1612–13) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2] and was a distant cousin of the Royalist Sir Henry Anderson. Francis Anderson the Younger was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Gray's Inn.[3]

Career

Anderson was Sheriff (1641–42) and Alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1642–44 and 1662–79)[2] and was knighted in November 1641.[3] During the Civil War, he "was a devoted loyalist" and as a result was subsequently fined £1,200, stripped of his knighthood, imprisoned and had his property sequestered.[1]

In 1660, Anderson was elected member of parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Cavalier Parliament (1661) and sat until his death.[3] He was a justice of the peace for County Durham (1660–79) and Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1662–63 and 1675–76).[2]

Anderson lived at Greyfriars House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Jesmond, and Ryton, County Durham. He was buried at Ryton on 19 July 1679.[3]

Black Gate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Family

In 1636, Anderson married Jane Dent (d. 1673), daughter of John Dent of Barnard Castle, County Durham, and they had seven sons (John, Henry, George, Robert, Francis, Thomas and Roger) and three daughters.[1][4]

Arms
Coat of arms of Francis Anderson
Notes
The arms of the Andersons of Jesmond and Bradley[4]
Crest
On a chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a griffin's head erased Argent, marked on the neck with a link or fetterlock Sable.
Escutcheon
Gules, three oak trees Argent.

Ancestry

References
  1. 'The present state of Newcastle: The suburbs of Newgate', Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Including the Borough of Gateshead (1827), pp. 191-194. Date accessed: 5 April 2011
  2. "Newcastle City Council Mayors and Sheriffs 1600-1699". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  3. History of Parliament Online – Anderson, Sir Francis
  4. R. Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, (1820)
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