ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. _b._ near Stirling 1762; assistant surgeon R.N. 1784; served in North America and West Indies; surgeon 15 Oct. 1790; retired on h.p. 1803; practised at Knightsbridge, London 1803–35; the last medical officer who belonged to Lord Nelson’s fleet. _d._ Clarence terrace, New Hampton, Middlesex 6 Sep. 1859. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. _b._ 7 May 1807; 2 Lieut. R.M. 13 May 1823; col. commandant 21 Nov. 1859 to death; general 1 April 1870; C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._ St. Alban’s place, St. James’s London 21 Nov. 1877. ANDERSON, REV. ALEXANDER. _b._ Peterhead 1808; ed. at St. Andrew’s; founder and head of Chanonry house school (the Gymnasium) Old Aberdeen. _d._ Aboyne 25 Oct. 1884. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER DUNLOP (_son of Andrew Anderson of Greenock, merchant_). _b._ Greenock 1794; M.R.C.S. 1816, M.D. Edin. 1819; asst. surgeon 49 foot 22 June 1815 to 25 Dec. 1818, when placed on half pay; practised in Glasgow; surgeon to royal infirmary 1822 and phys. 1837; pres. of faculty of phys. and surgeons 1852–55; pres. of Med. Chir. society of Glasgow. _d._ 159 St. Vincent st. Glasgow 13 May 1871. ANDERSON, ALFRED. Celebrated Australian pianist. _m._ at Sydney 29 Dec. 1875 Ilma de Murska, the “Hungarian nightingale.” _d._ Melbourne 22 March 1876 aged 28. ANDERSON, ANDREW. A stocking weaver. Champion draught player of Scotland; author of _The Game of Draughts_ 1848, _2 ed._ 1852, 3 ed. 1878. _d._ Braidwood near Carluke, Lanarkshire 1 March 1861. ANDERSON, ARTHUR (_eld. son of Robert Anderson of Grimaster, Shetland_). _b._ Grimaster, Feb. 1792; midshipman R.N. 1810; a merchant in London 1823; superintended naval portion of expedition to Portugal under Don Pedro 1831–32; started a line of steamers to the Peninsula 1836; formed fishery establishment in Orkney and Shetland 1838; member of Anti-corn law league formed at Manchester 18 Sep. 1838, took an active part in it; a founder of Peninsular and Oriental steam navigation company incorporated 1840; their first boat the Hindostan was started Sep. 1842; chairman of the company; chairman of Union steamship company and of Crystal palace company; M.P. for Orkney (lib.) 1 Sep. 1847 to 1 July 1852; F.S.A.; author of _Communication with India, China, &c._ 1843; _National defence_ 1852. _d._ Norwood, Surrey 28 Feb. 1868. _I.L.N. xviii_, 232 (1851), _portrait_. ANDERSON, CHARLES ABERCROMBY. Inspector general of hospitals and fleets 12 April 1869 to death; C.B. 17 June 1871. _d._ London 25 Feb. 1872.