Family Background
He is the brother of the political and historical scientist Benedict Anderson. Their father, James O'Gorman Anderson, came from Waterford in Ireland. James' father, Brigadier-General Sir Francis James Anderson, was descended from a Scottish family in Ireland, while his mother Lady Frances O'Gorman came from the old Gaelic clan of Mac Gorman of Co. Clare. (Mac Gorman became corrupted to O'Gorman over time). She was directly descended from Melaghlin Mac Gorman, who was granted the Barony of Ibrickane in Co. Clare by Henry VIII in 1544. Perry's great-grandfather was the Irish Home Rule Movement MP, Major Purcell O'Gorman, while his great-great grandfather was Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman, secretary of the Catholic Association.
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