Thomas Anderson (landowner)

Thomas Anderson (born 1740)[1] was an extensive landowner in Perth, Scotland, in the 18th century. Along with Thomas Hay Marshall, his son-in-law and future lord provost of Perth, he was responsible for the construction of much of Georgian Perth.[2][3]

Thomas Anderson
Anderson pictured around 1790
Born1740
NationalityScottish
Occupationlandowner
RelativesThomas Anderson Sr (father)

Career

Anderson's acreage in Perth included the former Blackfriars land. He purchased half of the land from a Mrs Miller.[4] With Thomas Hay Marshall, he began the first steps towards creating Tay Street when, in the late 18th century, they laid out Atholl Crescent and Atholl Street in the north and Marshall Place in the south.[5] The sections in between were gradually filled in over the course of the next century.[2]

Anderson was a trustee and commissioner of a project to build a new Tay bridge in 1765, employing the engineer John Smeaton. Trials were made by John Gwin.[6] Anderson contributed £21 to a bridge fund in 1776.[7]

Personal life

Anderson was born in 1740 to Thomas Anderson Sr and Sarah Rose.[8][9]

Anderson's daughter, Rosie Anderson, married Thomas Hay Marshall in 1792. Rose Terrace in Perth is now named for her.[10][11] She was later adulterous, resulting in Marshall divorcing her in 1803, after eleven years of marriage.[12]

References
  1. Thomas Anderson (b. 1740) - ArtUK
  2. Civic History of Perth from Medieval Times – Perth Civic Trust
  3. Harris, Bob (2014). The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748692590.
  4. Graham-Campbell, David (1994). Perth: The Fair City. John Donald. p. 53. ISBN 9780859763820.
  5. Haynes, Nick (2000). Perth & Kinross: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Rutland Press. p. 35. ISBN 9781873190128.
  6. Reports of the Late John Smeaton, vol. 1 (London, 1837), pp. 117-123.
  7. Memorabilia of the City of Perth (Perth, 1806), p. 352.
  8. "The Life and Times of Rosie Anderson from The Flowering Thorn: International Ballad Studies on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  9. Shuldham-Shaw, Patrick N.; Lyle, Emily B. (1981). The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Aberdeen University Press. ISBN 978-1-873644-56-0.
  10. "Anniversary of man who shaped Perth but died penniless" – Daily Record, 11 July 2008
  11. Perth: The Postcard Collection, Jack Gillon (2020) ISBN 9781398102262
  12. Mrs Rose Anderson, Wife of Thomas Hay Marshall, Merchant in Perth v. Thomas Hay Marshall, United Kingdom House of Lords (April 8, 1799) – Casemine
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