Background
Anderson was the son of Henry Anderson of Newcastle, Northumberland.
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Henry Anderson
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Career
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 24 November 1599, aged 17, when he was of Long Cowton, Yorkshire. He was of London when he was knighted at the house of Sir Thomas Hasilrig at Holmby Alderton on 4 August 1608.
He was Mayor of Newcastle for 1613-1614.
He was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1615. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle in the elections of 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1626.
In November 1640, Anderson was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne in the Long Parliament and sat until he was disabled on 4 September 1643 for supporting the King. Anderson married Mary Remington.
Membership
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament. Addled Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1614, Anderson was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne.
