Sir Kenneth Anderson, 1st Baronet
Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, 1st Baronet, KCMG (21 December 1866 – 9 December 1942) was a British shipowner and public servant. He was a manager of the Orient Steam Navigation Company and a director of Anderson, Green & Co., shipowners.
Anderson was educated at Harrow School.[1] He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1885.[2] He followed his father into the family business after his graduation.
During the First World War, he served in numerous committees related to shipping, and was a close associate of the Shipping Controller, Sir Joseph Maclay.
Anderson was created a KCMG in 1909 and a baronet, of Ardtaraig in the County of Perth, in 1919. He was also a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
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.svg) Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Ardtaraig | |
| Creation date | 1919[1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1942[1] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Anderson, Sir Kenneth (Skelton)unlocked". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 19 August 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- "Sir Kenneth Anderson", The Times, 11 December 1942, p. 7.
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- 1866 births
- 1942 deaths
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy)
- British businesspeople in shipping
- 20th-century British businesspeople
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of New College, Oxford