Insurance and the uncertainties this legislation would produce for individual electors, particularly those of small manufacturers and shopkeepers. Although there was no Labour candidate, Anderson was thought to have lost some support among working-class voters because of his opposition to Labour candidates in other recent elections. Anderson's Unionist opponent was again Duncan Campbell. After another tight contest, Campbell recaptured the seat for the Tories by a majority of 271 votes. After six years of Liberal government, the electors of North Ayrshire reverted to their more traditional allegiances, perhaps rebelling against the background of the rapid social changes being introduced by H H Asquith's reforming administration. After the election, Anderson agreed to be re-adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire, expressing a wish to contest the seat again. However the seat disappeared in boundary changes for the 1918 general election and Anderson did not contest any of the successor seats. He did not stand for the House of Commons again. Appointments and honours Anderson was sometime Deputy Lieutenant for the County of the City of Edinburgh. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Edinburgh University and he also received a similar degree from Aberdeen University in 1924. He was Chairman of the Scottish Committee on Aliens, 1917–18 and, more prosaically, was Chairman of the Committee on Glasgow Market Lettings in 1933. Sports Anderson was a keen sportsman. In addition to the usual gentleman's pastimes of the day such as fishing and golf, he also enjoyed curling and had been a useful footballer in his youth both for Edinburgh University and for the well-known amateur side Queen's Park. Death Anderson died aged 73 at home, 9 Great King Street in Edinburgh late on the evening of Wednesday 27 May 1936 from bronchial pneumonia. Despite having been unwell for some time he persevered with his duties on the bench until a few days before he died. He is buried against the north wall of the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh with his wife, Agnes Catherine MacKay (d.1952). Publication The Criminal Law of Scotland, Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh 1892 and 2nd edn, 1904 References External links 1862 births 1936 deaths People educated at the High School of Dundee Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Members of the Faculty of Advocates Deputy Lieutenants of Edinburgh Solicitors General for Scotland Anderson UK MPs 1910 Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members