Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill

{{Short description|British politician}}

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Sir John William Anderson, 1st Baronet (ca. 1736{{spaced ndash}}21 May 1813) was a British politician.

Born in Danzig, he was the son of William Anderson and Lucy Sheldon who had settled in that town.{{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}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Waggett |first=Ralph W. |title=A History of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London |date=2008 |publisher=Phillimore & Co (now The History Press) |year=2008 |isbn=9781860775390 |edition=2nd |location=Chichester, England |pages=74-81}} He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 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.{{London Gazette |issue=15012 |date=1 May 1798 |page=368 }}

In 1762, he married Dorothy Simkins, daughter of Charles Simkins. Their marriage was childless. Anderson died in May 1813 and the baronetcy became extinct.

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| creation_date = 1798{{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}}

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