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2 unusual facts about Sir John Anderson


Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet

Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Harrold Priory (1878–1963), Scottish businessman, writer and lecturer

Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill (c.1736–1813), British politician, MP for City of London 1793–1806


Maxwell Knight

A notable failing was his entrapment of Ben Greene, the pacifist Quaker refugee worker who was interned by the then Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, as result of false evidence from Knight's agent provocateur Harald Kurtz.

Viscount Waverley

It was created in 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer.


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