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Sir John Anderson

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Waverley
GCB OM GCSI GCIE PC PC FRS
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1947.jpg
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Preceded by Kingsley Wood
Succeeded by Hugh Dalton
Lord President of the Council
In office
3 October 1940 – 24 September 1943
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Preceded by Neville Chamberlain
Succeeded by Clement Attlee
Home Secretary
In office
4 September 1939 – 3 October 1940
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Preceded by Samuel Hoare
Succeeded by Herbert Morrison
Lord Privy Seal
In office
27 October 1938 – 4 September 1939
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Preceded by Herbrand Sackville
Succeeded by Samuel Hoare
Member of Parliament
for Combined Scottish Universities
In office
25 February 1938 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by Ramsay MacDonald
Succeeded by Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born (1882-07-08)8 July 1882
Eskbank, Midlothian, Scotland
Died 4 January 1958(1958-01-04) (aged 75)
Lambeth, London, England
Political party National
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
University of Leipzig

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC, FRS (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a British civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the Cabinet during the Second World War, for which he was nicknamed the "Home Front Prime Minister". He served as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Anderson shelters are named after him.

He was born in Eskbank, part of Dalkeith in Midlothian and studied mathematics and geology at the University of Edinburgh and chemistry at the University of Leipzig where he wrote a thesis on the chemistry of uranium. He was a brilliant student, winning numerous prizes, but at the age of 22 he decided to forsake a career in science and sat for the British civil service examinations, coming first, while also taking a degree in economics. In later life he was elected an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was appointed to the Colonial Office in 1905.


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