In July 1820 he married the pianist Lucy Philpot, who, as Mrs Anderson, taught the piano to Queen Victoria and her children.
2, Novello gave his wife Lucy Anderson exclusive rights for six months to play the concerto in England.
[3] In 1840 he became the Treasurer of the Royal Philharmonic Society, a position he held until his death.
Until the ten-year fixed-term appointment of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2004, Anderson was the last Master of the Queen's Music to leave the post before his death, and the first since Nicholas Staggins in 1700.
A collection of his correspondence with musicians and composers is in the British Library.