Alexander Anderson (Royal Marines officer)

General Alexander Anderson CB (7 May 1807 – 21 November 1877) was a senior Royal Marines officer.

He served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and became a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

He served aboard HMS Albion from 1825 to 1827; during this time, the ship supported a British intervention in Portugal, a precursor to the Liberal Wars.

[1] On 20 October 1827, Albion formed part of the combined British, French and Russian fleet which defeated Ottoman forces at the Battle of Navarino; during which, Anderson led a boarding party and captured an enemy flag.

The grave lies on the east side of the main path, midway between the north entrance and the colonnades.

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London)