Thomas Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson
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Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson of Armthorpe was born on the 11th January 1841 in Gunton Park, about 6 miles North of Aylsham
, in Norfolk
.
Second son to Richard Sanderson, Member of Parliament for Colchester
from 1832 to 1847, and the Hon. Charlotte Matilda Sanderson (nee Manners-Sutton), elder daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton
, Speaker of the House of Commons
from 1817 to 1835.
Educated at Eton College
until he was forced to leave the school in 1857 due to the poor state of his families finances, caused by the death of his father in October of that year, and his father's business in East India failing.
Sanderson entered the Foreign Office as a junior clerk in 1859 and was not to leave the Foreign Office until his retirement in 1906.
Early in Sanderson's career he crossed paths with Edward Henry Stanley, the later 15th Earl of Derby
. Sanderson became Stanley
's private secretary in July 1866. Sanderson left an impression on Stanley
, who described him as 'the best of the juniors' on exit from office, after Benjamin Disraeli's first government fell in the 1868 December General Election
.
December 1863 Sanderson accompanied Lord Wodehouse
to Berlin and Copenhagen on his special mission during the Schleswig-Holstein crisis.
1871 Sanderson went to Geneva during the arbitration between the United Kingdom and the USA on the Alabama claims.
Sanderson's nickname was 'Lamps' due to his strong spectacles.
Aylsham
Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...
, in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.
Second son to Richard Sanderson, Member of Parliament for Colchester
Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Colchester is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...
from 1832 to 1847, and the Hon. Charlotte Matilda Sanderson (nee Manners-Sutton), elder daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton
Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury GCB, PC was a British Tory politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1835.-Background and education:...
, Speaker of the House of Commons
Speaker of the British House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...
from 1817 to 1835.
Educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
until he was forced to leave the school in 1857 due to the poor state of his families finances, caused by the death of his father in October of that year, and his father's business in East India failing.
Sanderson entered the Foreign Office as a junior clerk in 1859 and was not to leave the Foreign Office until his retirement in 1906.
Early in Sanderson's career he crossed paths with Edward Henry Stanley, the later 15th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Stanley from 1844 to 1869, was a British statesman...
. Sanderson became Stanley
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Stanley from 1844 to 1869, was a British statesman...
's private secretary in July 1866. Sanderson left an impression on Stanley
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Stanley from 1844 to 1869, was a British statesman...
, who described him as 'the best of the juniors' on exit from office, after Benjamin Disraeli's first government fell in the 1868 December General Election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
.
December 1863 Sanderson accompanied Lord Wodehouse
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...
to Berlin and Copenhagen on his special mission during the Schleswig-Holstein crisis.
1871 Sanderson went to Geneva during the arbitration between the United Kingdom and the USA on the Alabama claims.
Sanderson's nickname was 'Lamps' due to his strong spectacles.
Positions held
- Private Secretary to Lord Derby July 1866 to 1868.
- Private Secretary to Lord Derby 1874 to 1878.
- Secretary to Earl Granville 1880.
- Senior Clerk 1885.
- Assistant Under-secretary 1889.
- Permanent Under-secretary 1894.