Person Anderson; Sir; William (1835 - 1898) Anderson William Sir 1835 - 1898 British Male St Petersburg, Russia 05 January 1835 Woolwich Arsenal 11 December 1898

Lisney House, Erith 3 Whitehall Place (1889)

Engineer Education: St Petersburg; King's College, London Career: Went to England (1849); pupil of Sir William Fairbairn (FRS 1850) (1855); joined the firm Easton and Amos, Southwark (1864); worked on gun and turret mountings; designed machinery to manufacture cordite for the War Office (c 1888); Director General of ordnance factories (1889) Honours: CB 1895; KCB 1897 Memberships: MIMechE; MICE Son of John Anderson of Matthews, Anderson and Co, Bankers and Merchants of St Petersburg and his wife Frances, daughter of Dr Simpson; married (1856) Emma Eliza, daughter of J RBrown of Knighton, Radnorshire Fellow 04/06/1891 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Jan 1835 - 11 Dec 1898 NA5808 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 15/09/2023 RS_NET\HirraA Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/71383567 8cd22d79-6980-4d88-9d2f-6e17540694e3