Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet (8 December 1837 – 16 July 1921), was an Irish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast.

[1] He moved to Belfast at the age of 15, going to work in the business of John Arnott.

[1] He was involved in Sir John Arnott & Co., Ltd.; Vulcanite, Ltd.; City Estates, Ltd.; Milfort Weaving and Finishing Co., Ltd.; William Ross & Co., Ltd., spinners; Baltic Firewood Co., Ltd.; and was a director of Laganvale Brick Works.

[5] Anderson was a J.P. for County Antrim, appointed High Sheriff of Belfast in 1903 and knighted the same year during a visit by King Edward VII.

Andrew Long, of Monreagh, Carrigans, County Donegal.