Janet Anderson, (1697 – 3 March 1761) was a Scottish milliner and maker of grave-clothes in Edinburgh.
[3] In 1710 the painter and copyist John Alexander wrote to her father, asking him to help a Mrs Kath Shippard or Shepherd, who planned to be a milliner.
[4] She was a niece of John Campbell, a Scottish goldsmith based in London,[5] and lived at the top flat in Gray's Close in Edinburgh.
[6] Janet Anderson joined the Merchant Company of Edinburgh in 1718, buying and selling goods in London and at fairs.
She made grave-clothes for notable figures such as Sir John Clerk.