Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson
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Sir Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson CBE, KC, RN |
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The Main Arch, The Portsmouth Grammar School
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| Birth name | Maxwell Hendry Anderson |
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March 23, 1879 Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk |
| Died | June 12, 1951 (aged 72) Kenya |
| Buried | Ta' Braxia cemetery, Gwardamangia, Malta |
| Allegiance | British |
| Service/branch | Navy |
| Rank | Captain |
| Relations | John Hendry Anderson, Alice Hornor |
| Other work | Barrister and judge |
Captain Sir Maxwell Hendry Maxwell-Anderson CBE, KC, RN (retd.) (23 March 1879 – buried 12 June 1951) (also Maxwell Hendry Anderson) was a British naval officer, barrister and judge who was Chief Justice of Fiji and Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
He was born Maxwell Hendry Anderson in Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk. His father was John Hendry Anderson (1853–1913), a curate in Norfolk who was later Rector of Tooting Graveney and Mayor of Wandsworth. His mother was Alice Hornor, born in Norwich.
Soon after his birth the family moved to the south coast when his father was appointed assistant master at Portsmouth Grammar School. Anderson probably attended the school which had (and still retains) naval links; he subsequently joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman aged 14, on 15 July 1893.
He passed his first-class navigating exams and was promoted Navigating Lieutenant (acting). In 1900 he sailed on the Redbreast class gunboat HMS Sparrow for a three-year posting to the Australia Station. Sparrow joined Pylades, Torch and Archer at their base in Sydney. Sparrow escorted the royal yacht SS Ophir around the New Zealand coast during the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future George V and Queen Mary) in June 1901, receiving his promotion to Lieutenant at the end of the cruise on 30 June.
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