Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet

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| name = Sir James Anderson

| honorific_suffix = Bt.

| image = Grave of James Caleb Anderson in Highgate Cemetery.jpg

| caption = Grave of James Caleb Anderson (Highgate Cemetery)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1792|7|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fermoy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1861|4|4|1792|7|21|df=y}}

| death_place = London

| occupation = inventtor

| education =

| nationality =

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| parents = John Anderson, Elizabeth nee Semple

| spouse = Caroline ({{nee|Shaw}})

| children = two sons and six daughters

}}

Sir James Caleb Anderson, 1st Baronet (21 July 1792 – 4 April 1861),{{Rayment-bt|a|1|date=March 2012}} was an inventor.

Biography

James Anderson was the eldest son of John Anderson, the founder of Fermoy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Mr. James Semple, of Waterford. He was created a baronet on 22 March 1813, of Fermoy in the County of Cork,{{London Gazette |issue=16663 |date=31 October 1812 |page=2189}} for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father.

Steam coaches

File:PSM V57 D418 James and anderson steam carriage 1810.png

Anderson experimented with steam-coaching and took out various patents for his inventions. He lodged specifications in 1831 for "improvements in machinery for propelling vessels on water", in 1837 for "improvements in locomotive engines", and in 1846 for "certain improvements in obtaining motive power, and in applying it to propel carriages and vessels, and to the driving of machinery".

He worked with William Henry James of Birmingham, son of William James. Anderson was intending to back James's work, but around 1829 finding the cash proved difficult.{{cite ODNB|id=478|first=John S.|last=Moore|title=Anderson, Sir James Caleb, first baronet (1792–1861)}}

Death

Anderson died in London on 4 April 1861{{sfn|Cooper|1885|p=382}} and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Family

Anderson married in 1815 Caroline, fourth daughter of Robert Shaw, of Dublin, and half-sister of Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet.{{cite book |title=The Illustrated London News |date=1861 |publisher=William Little |page=428 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_HS0sshFLUC&pg=PA428 |language=en}} They had two sons (both of whom died unmarried) and six daughters. As he left no male issue, the baronetcy became extinct.{{sfn|Cooper|1885|p=382}}

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| name = Anderson baronets

| image = File:Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Fermoy (1813).svg

| image_size = 220px

| alt =

| caption = Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Fermoy

| creation_date = 1813{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |date=1852 |publisher=Colburn |pages=23–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDA_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA23 |language=en}}

| status = extinct

| extinction_date = 1861

| family_seat =

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| motto = Stand sure

}}

Notes

References

{{DNB|first=Thompson |last=Cooper|wstitle=Anderson, James Caleb |volume=1 |page=382}} the entry cites:
Patents, 6147, 7407, 11273;
Notes and Queries, 3rd series, vii. 153;
Gent. Mag. ccx. 588.

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| title= 20px
Anderson baronets
of Fermoy

| before= Galbraith baronets

| years= 22 March 1813

| after= Dudley baronets

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Category:Irish inventors

Category:1792 births

Category:1861 deaths

Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery

Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Category:People from Fermoy