John Proctor Anderdon

[6] In the 1812 general election, he stood for the two-member Totnes constituency with George Francis Seymour in a sharp contest; but they were kept out by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay and Ayshford Wise.

[9] In the wake of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, he was paid compensation for the enslaved people on his Seaforths estate in Antigua.

[1] At the time of Anderdon's death, The Art Journal wrote of his collection that it "has for the last forty years been an object of interest to many amateurs and connoisseurs", had been seen also at his London house as well as his Berkshire residence, and had been noticed by George IV.

[15] A William Collins painting of children on a beach at Cromer, bought in 1836, passed to his son James Hughes Anderdon.

[17] It included a manuscript of letters by Anna Maria van Schurman to André Rivet and Constantijn Huygens, from the library of Jona Willem te Water, that was bought by Richard Heber.