Anderson, James
(1765–1835)
- J. K. Laughton
- , revised by Andrew Lambert
Extract
Anderson, James (1765–1835), naval officer, was born in September 1765 in Scotland. He served through the American War of Independence as a midshipman, and after rejoining the navy in 1793, following colonial service in the West Indies, through the first French revolutionary war as a lieutenant. In September 1790 he married ...
