NameJames George Skelton ANDERSON , 9783
Birth1838
Death1907
Notes for James George Skelton ANDERSON
Ship owner & insurance broker. The financial adviser to the East London Hospital.
Joined Anderson, Thomson & Co in 1854 and became partner in 1863. The firm was reconstituted as Anderson, Anderson & Co in 1869 and in 1878 became with Green & Co joint founders of Orient Co.
He was four times Mayer of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; President of Chamber of Shipping 1886; Chairman of the General Shipowners' Society in 1888; Member of the General Committee of the Lloyd's Register for many years; much public work serving on various Board of Trade Committees; an original member and officer of the London Scottish. Buried in Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, London.