{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} '''Sir John William Anderson, 1st Baronet''' (ca. 1736{{spaced ndash}}21 May 1813) was a [[Great Britain|British]] politician.
Born in [[Danzig]], he was the son of William Anderson and Lucy Sheldon who had settled in that town.<ref name="HPO">{{cite web |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=Anderson, John William (1735/6-1813), of Mill Hill, Hendon, Mdx. |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/anderson-john-william-17356-1813 |website=www.histparl.ac.uk |publisher=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=11 September 2020}}</ref> Anderson was an [[alderman]] of [[Aldersgate]] between 1789 and 1813 and [[Sheriff]] of [[London]] between 1791 and 1792. He was Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Glovers]] in 1794.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waggett |first=Ralph W. |title=A History of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London |publisher=Phillimore & Co (now [[The History Press]]) |year=2008 |isbn=9781860775390 |edition=2nd |location=Chichester, England |pages=74-81}}</ref> He was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[London (UK Parliament constituency)|London]] from 1793 to 1806. Between 1797 and 1798, Anderson was [[Lord Mayor of London]]. On 14 May 1798, he was made a [[baronet]], of Mill Hill, [[Hendon]], in the County of [[Middlesex]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15012 |date=1 May 1798 |page=368 }}</ref>
In 1762, he married Dorothy Simkins, daughter of Charles Simkins. Their marriage was childless. Anderson died in May 1813 and the baronetcy became extinct. {{Infobox hereditary title | name = Anderson baronets | image = File:Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Mill Hill (1798).svg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Mill Hill | creation_date = 1798<ref name="Burke">{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |last2=Burke |first2=Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland |date=1844 |publisher=W. Clowes |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3Q-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA8 |language=en}}</ref> | status = extinct | extinction_date = 1813<ref name="Burke"/> | family_seat = | former_seat = | motto = }} ==Involvement in slave trade== [[File:Bunce Island 1805.jpg|thumb|left|Bunce Island, 1805, during the period the slave factory was run by John & Alexander Anderson]] John, with his brother [[Alexander Anderson (slave trader)|Alexander]], owned a slave [[Factory (trading post)|factory]] on [[Bance Island]].<ref name="Draper">{{cite journal|last1=Draper|first1=Nick|title=The City of London and slavery: evidence from the first dock companies, 1795–1800|journal=Economic History Review|date=2008|volume=61|issue=2|pages=432–466|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00400.x|s2cid=154280545}}</ref> Their business was based in [[Philpot Lane]], [[Eastcheap]].<ref name="Rawley">{{cite book|last1=Rawley|first1=James|title=London, Metropolis of the Slave Trade|date=2003|publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]]|location=Columbia, Missouri}}{{rp|140}}</ref> John was active politically to prevent any restrictions in the running of the [[History of slavery|slave trade]], for example working with his brother to organise a petition to the [[House of Lords]] in 1799.<ref name="Rawley"/>{{rp|140–1}} John was also an investor in the [[West India Dock Company]].<ref name="Draper"/> He was a director of the company from 1803 until his death.<ref name="HPO"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Hansard-contribs | sir-john-anderson-1 | Sir John Anderson, Bt }}
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