Andrew Macbeth Anderson, Lord Anderson (6 November 1862 – 27 May 1936) was a Scottish barrister, judge and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Anderson was born at Coupar Angus in 1862, the eldest son of Charles Enverdale Anderson, Provost of Coupar Angus. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and Edinburgh University where he graduated with MA and LL.B degrees. He received a distinction in law and was awarded the Forensic Prize as the most distinguished law graduate of his year. In 1901, he married Agnes Catherine ("Kate") Mackay from Midlothian. They had two sons and two daughters. Career Anderson was called to the Scottish bar in 1889 and established a large practice as an advocate particularly in jury cases. He was made an Advocate Depute in 1906 and took silk in 1908. From December 1911 to October 1913 he held the post of Solicitor General for Scotland. In 1913, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice to replace the retired Lord Kinnear and took the judicial title of Lord Anderson. Politics 1906 Anderson was selected as Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire in December 1905 to contest the 1906 general election. He faced the sitting Unionist MP, Thomas Cochrane. At the previous general election in 1900, there had been a straight fight between Unionist and Liberal candidates but in 1906 Labour also stood a candidate, James Brown. This had the effect of splitting the anti-Unionist vote and Cochrane held his seat with a majority of 1,016 votes over Anderson. 1910 Anderson fought in Ayrshire North again at the general election of January 1910. He again faced Cochrane and Brown as his opponents but this time the Labour vote declined and Anderson reaped the advantage. He gained the seat from Cochrane by a majority of 238 votes. At the general election held in December 1910, Anderson retained his seat, this time in a straight fight with a new Unionist candidate, Captain Duncan Campbell, and, against the general trend in Scotland, slightly increased his majority to 354 votes. North Ayrshire by-election, 1911 In December 1911, Anderson was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, a law officer of the Crown. In accordance with the constitutional arrangements of the day, he was obliged to resign as an MP and fight a by-election. The contest, which took place on 20 December 1911, was dominated by the government's legislation on National