Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet

Sir James Anderson Bt.
Grave of James Caleb Anderson (Highgate Cemetery)
Born	(1792-07-21)21 July 1792 Fermoy
Died	4 April 1861(1861-04-04) (aged 68) London
Occupation	inventtor
Spouse	Caroline (née Shaw)
Children	two sons and six daughters
Parent(s)	John Anderson, Elizabeth nee Semple

Sir James Caleb Anderson, 1st Baronet (21 July 1792 – 4 April 1861),[1] 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,[2][1] for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father.

Steam coaches

1810 steam coach, design by James Anderson and W. H. James

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.[3]

Death

Anderson died in London on 4 April 1861[4] 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.[5] They had two sons (both of whom died unmarried) and six daughters. As he left no male issue, the baronetcy became extinct.[4]

Anderson baronets
Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Fermoy
Creation date	1813[6]
Status	extinct
Extinction date	1861[6]
Motto	Stand sure[6]

Notes

1. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "A" (part 1)
2. "No. 16663". The London Gazette. 31 October 1812. p. 2189.
3. Moore, John S. "Anderson, Sir James Caleb, first baronet (1792–1861)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/478. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Cooper 1885, p. 382.
5. The Illustrated London News. William Little. 1861. p. 428.
6. Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. pp. 23–24.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1885). "Anderson, James Caleb". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 382. the entry cites:
  • Patents, 6147, 7407, 11273;
  • Notes and Queries, 3rd series, vii. 153;
  • Gent. Mag. ccx. 588.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Galbraith baronets	Anderson baronets of Fermoy 22 March 1813	Succeeded by Dudley baronets