| Anderson baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Anderson baronets of Penley | |
| Creation date | 1643 |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1699 |
| Arms | argent a chevron sable, between three crosses flory sable |
The Anderson Baronetcy, of Penley in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 3 July 1643 for Henry Anderson. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1699.
Anderson baronets, of Penley (1643)
- Sir Henry Anderson, 1st Baronet (c. 1608–1653)
- Sir Richard Anderson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1635–1699)
Henry Anderson, of Penley (Pendley) in the parish of Tring, Hertfordshire, was the son of Sir Richard Anderson and his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton. He was a royalist in the English Civil War, heavily fined by the parliamentary sequestrators.
Notes
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. 2. Exeter: W. Pollard & co., ltd. p. 212.
- Rietstap, Johannes B. (1988). Armorial général (in French). London: Heraldry Today. p. 47.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. W. Clowes. pp. 9–10.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: George Edward Cokayne, Complete Baronetage vol. II (1900), p. 221