Personal Life and Death
In 1873, he married Lady Agnes Alexandrina Moore, sister of Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda. They had five children.
Anderson died from the Spanish Influenza in 1918.
W. H. Smith, on the floor of the House of Commons, stated that Anderson "had discharged his duties with great ability and perfect faithfulness to the public." Raymond Blathwayt, in Great Thoughts, wrote: "Sir Robert Anderson is one of the men to whom the country, without knowing it, owes a great debt."
Anderson and his wife are buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
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