Joseph Anderson (British Army officer)

Joseph Anderson
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
16 July 1852 – 20 March 1856
Personal details
Born1 July 1790
Keoldale, Sutherland, Scotland
Died18 July 1877
South Yarra, Victoria

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Anderson CB KH (1 July 1790 – 18 July 1877), soldier and penal administrator, of the 50th Regiment, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from March 1834 to February 1839. Anderson was also a politician, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1852 to 1856.

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