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.

Anderson baronets
Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Ardtaraig
Creation date1919[1]
Statusextinct
Extinction date1942[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Anderson, Kenneth Skelton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
  • "Sir Kenneth Anderson", The Times, 11 December 1942, p. 7.