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ANDERSON, JOSEPH JOCELYN. _b._ 1789; ensign 78 foot 27 June 1805; served in Peninsula 1809–12; lieut. col. 50 foot 1 April 1841 to 19 Sep. 1848 when he sold out; military commander and civil superintendent of convicts Norfolk Island; commanded a brigade in Gwalior campaign 1843; a squatter on the Goulburn Victoria; member of legislative council 1852; K.H. 1837, C.B. 2 May 1844. _d._ Fairlie house, South Yarra 18 July 1877. _bur._ St. Kilda cemetery 21 July. _I.L.N. lxxi_, 347, 348 (1877), _portrait_.

ANDERSON, LUCY (_dau. of John Philpot of Bath_). _b._ Bath Dec. 1790; made her début at Philharmonic Society’s concerts 1822; Pianist to Queen Adelaide 1832; Pianist to Queen Victoria 1837; gave her last concert 30 May 1862 in Her Majesty’s theatre; granted a civil list pension of £100 23 July 1840. (_m._ 1820 George Frederick Anderson). _d._ 34 Nottingham place, London 24 Dec. 1878. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 31 Dec. _I.L.N. xli_, 77 (1862), _portrait_.

ANDERSON, PAUL (_2 son of James Anderson of Grace Dieu, co. Waterford, by Susanna youngest dau. of Christmas Paul_). _b._ 29 March 1767; ensign 51 foot 31 March 1788; lieut. col. 60 foot 14 Jany. 1808 to 25 Feb. 1817 when placed on h.p.; commander of Gravesend and Tilbury forts 1 Dec. 1827, of Pendennis castle 23 July 1832; col. 78 foot 9 Feb. 1837 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C. _d._ Bath 17 Dec. 1851.

ANDERSON, REV. PHILIP (_son of Mr. Anderson, captain H.E.I.Co._) Entered St. Paul’s school 7 Oct. 1824 aged 8; Pauline exhibitioner C.C. coll. Cam. 1834; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1849; chaplain at Colaba, Bombay Nov. 1849 to death; began _Bombay quarterly magazine_ 1850; edited _Bombay quarterly review_ Jany. 1855; author of _The English in Western India_ 1854. _d._ Malabar hill, Bombay 13 Dec. 1857.

ANDERSON, REV. RICHARD. _b._ 16 Jany. 1792; ed. at Linc. coll Ox., B.A. 1815; V. of Burreston, Yorkshire 1834–54; P.C. of Leeming, Yorkshire 1868–79; chairman of Leeming school board to 1879. _d._ Aisken house near Bedale 24 Oct. 1884.

NOTE.—He was the survivor of the celebrated trio of hardriding Yorkshire clergymen mentioned by “Nimrod” in his _Sporting Tour_ as hunting with the Earl of Darlington’s hounds.

ANDERSON, ROBERT. _b._ Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire; assistant surgeon R.N. 1838; surgeon of the Investigator and Enterprise in the Arctic seas 1848–55; made a large collection illustrative of natural history of Arctic regions, zoological specimens were sent to British Museum, dried plants to Kew, and fossil remains to Geological society. _d._ June 1856 aged 38.

NOTE.—Anderson bay on Victoria land is named after him.

ANDERSON, ROBERT STERLING HORE. _b._ near Coleraine; ed. at Belfast academy and Dublin Univ.; solicitor in Dublin 1846, in Melbourne, Victoria 1854; M.P. for Emerald Hill 1855; comr. of customs 1860–61, 1862–63 and 1875–77; repres. of Eastern province in legislative council; minister for justice. _d._ Melbourne 26 Oct. 1883 aged 62.

ANDERSON, SAMUEL. _b._ London 15 Nov. 1839; secretary to American land boundary commission 1869; chief astronomer to North American boundary commission 14 June 1872; returned to England 30 June 1875; comr. for demarcation of frontier of Servia 1 April 1879; major R.E. 13 Sep. 1879 to death; C.M.G. 30 May 1877. _d._ Dalhousie grange, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian 11 Sep. 1881.

ANDERSON, THOMAS. Colonel 3 Madras light cavalry 21 Dec. 1859 to death; M.G. 21 April 1863. _d._ 9 Thurloe square, London 27 May 1864.

ANDERSON, THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Anderson, sec. to National bank of Scotland_). _b._ Edin. 26 Feb. 1832; M.D. Edin. 1853; in Bengal medical service 1854 to death; surgeon 20 May 1866; had medical charge of Hodson’s Horse during the mutiny; superintendent of forest department 1864–66; director of Calcutta botanic garden 1869 to death; worked out the flora of India; author of _Florula Adenensis_ 1860 and more than 20 other papers in journal of Linnæan society, &c. _d._ Edin. 26 Oct. 1870. _Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. ii_, 41–45 (1873).

ANDERSON, THOMAS. _b._ 2 July 1819; M.D. Edin. 1841; F.R.S. Edin. 1845, Keith medallist 1855; chemist to Highland and Agricultural society of Scotland 1848–73; regius professor of chemistry in Univ. of Glasgow 1852; pres. of Glasgow philosophical society 1859; pres. of chemical section of British Association at Dundee 1867; royal medallist of Royal Society 1872. _d._ Chiswick near London 2 Nov. 1874. _Journal of chemical society of London_ (1875) 1309–13.

ANDERSON, THOMAS. Ensign 78 foot 1845, served with it 18 years chiefly in India; captain 17 Aug. 1857 to 24 March 1863 when he sold out; Persian interpreter to Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir John Grey commanders in chief at Bombay; adjutant general of militia in New Brunswick; commanded the frontier field force there during threatened Fenian invasion 1866. _d._ Westward Ho, Devonshire 11 Feb. 1876 aged 48.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM (_son of James Anderson of Oban, Argyleshire, supervisor of excise who d. 1812._) _b._ Edin. 10 Dec. 1805; joined _Aberdeen Journal_ 1831; edited _Aberdeen Advertiser_ 1835; _The Western Watchman_ a weekly journal at Ayr 1842; sub edited _The Witness_ newspaper at Edin. 1844; chief sub editor of _North British Daily Mail_ 14 April 1847 to 1849, this was first daily paper in Scotland; author of _Poetical Aspirations_ 1830, _2 ed._ 1833; _Landscape Lyrics_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1854; _The Scottish nation_ _3 vols._ 1860–62. _d._ London 2 Aug. 1866. _J. G. Wilson’s Poets and poetry of Scotland ii_, 269–72 (1877).

ANDERSON, WILLIAM. Lieut. col. Bengal artillery 6 March 1854 to 20 Feb. 1855; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. _d._ Albury hall, Ware, Herts 22 Sep. 1869 aged 64.

ANDERSON, REV. WILLIAM (_2 son of Rev. John Anderson, Relief minister at Kilsyth near Glasgow_). _b._ Kilsyth 6 Jany. 1799; licensed by Relief presbytery Glasgow 5 Sep. 1820; minister of John st. church Glasgow 6 March 1821 to 24 Dec. 1871, the church was pulled down in 1858 and a new church opened by him 1 Jany. 1860; LLD. Glasgow April 1850; author of _An apology for the organ_ 1829; _Discourses 1st series_ 1844, _2nd series_ 1859; _Regeneration_ 1850, _3 ed._ 1875. _d._ Prospect house, Uddingstone near Glasgow 15 Sep. 1872. _Rev. G. Gilfillan’s Life of Rev. W. Anderson_ 1873, _portrait_; _Reunion in the heavenly kingdom by the Rev. Wm. Anderson_ 1876, _portrait_.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM ACLAND DOUGLAS (_son of Joseph Jocelyn Anderson, C.B._) _b._ 1829; captain 65 foot 1852–54; a comr. of gold fields in Victoria; col. commandant of all the volunteer corps in Victoria 1862; C.M.G. 25 May 1878. _d._ South Yarra 23 Jany. 1882.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM COCHRANE. _b._ East Lothian 1792; col. R.A. 20 June 1854 to 26 Oct. 1858; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Edge hill near Edin. 30 Aug. 1865 aged 73.

ANDERSSEN, ADOLF. _b._ Breslau 6 July 1818; gained 1st prize at London chess tournaments 1851 and 1862; 2nd prize at Manchester 1857; 1st prize at Baden 1870; 3rd prize at Vienna 1873; beaten by Paul Morphy at Paris Dec. 1858, losing 7 out of 9 games; an unrivalled player in the beauty of his combinations. _d._ Breslau 14 March 1879. _Westminster chess club papers x_, 39 (1878), _portrait_; _Chess players chronicle iii_, 73–75 (1879).

ANDERTON, JAMES. _b._ near Lincoln 1782; solicitor in London 1811; common councilman for ward of Farringdon Without 1836–66; undersheriff several times; projected Law life assurance society 1823; founded Solicitors benevolent institution 1858. _d._ Cypress lodge, Dulwich 23 Jany. 1868.

ANDRÉE, Richard Collier. Colonel 7 Bengal N.I. 20 June 1836 to 28 Sep. 1850; colonel 69 Bengal N.I. 28 Sep. 1850 to death; general 2 Nov. 1861. _d._ Stuttgart 27 March 1865 aged 70.

ANDREW, JAMES (_son of Rev. James Andrew, the first principal of East India college at Addiscombe, Surrey who d. 13 June 1833 in 60 year_). _b._ Addiscombe college 1811; ed. at Caius coll. Cam.; studied medicine at Edin. while he kept his terms at Cam.; M.D. Cam. 1839; practised at Edin.; phys to Royal infirmary 1846–56; F.R.C.P. Edin., member of council; F.R.S. Edin. _d._ 15 Queen st. Edin. 1 Dec. 1859.

ANDREW, JOHN WILLIAM, Captain R.N. 26 Sep. 1812; C.B. 4 June 1815; retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. _d._ Chudleigh 5 Jany. 1854.

ANDREW, WILLIAM. _b._ Glasgow 1804; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen; professor of mathematics in Mc Gill coll. Quebec; rector of the high school Quebec; edited the _Daily Chronicle_ Quebec. _d._ Aberdeen 1862.

ANDREWS, ALEXANDER. Author of _The eighteenth century_ 1856; _The history of British journalism_, _2 vols._ 1859. _d._ Albion grove, Stoke Newington 9 Nov. 1873 aged 50.

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