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. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1885. 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 | |
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.svg) Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Ardtaraig | |
| Creation date | 1919 |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1942 |
References
- ^ "Anderson, Sir Kenneth (Skelton)unlocked". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 19 August 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Anderson, Kenneth Skelton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- "Sir Kenneth Anderson", The Times, 11 December 1942, p. 7.
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Categories:- 1866 births
- 1942 deaths
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Italy)
- British businesspeople in shipping
- 20th-century British businesspeople
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of New College, Oxford