Editing David Murray Anderson (section)

==Early life and career==
Anderson was born on 11 April 1874, the second son of General [[David Anderson (British Army officer)|David Anderson]], [[Colonel of the Regiment|Colonel]] of the [[Cheshire Regiment]], and his wife Charlotte Christina, née Anderson in Newton-by-Chester in [[Cheshire]], England. His elder brother was Lieutenant General [[Hastings Anderson|Sir Warren Hastings Anderson]]. In 1887, as a 13-year-old, he became a naval cadet in the [[HMS Britannia (1860)|training ship ''Britannia'']] at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]. Seeing action against [[Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe|King Koko]] slave traders on the [[Niger River]], he became a [[Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|lieutenant]] on 23 February 1895 at age 20.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26647|page=4233|date=23 February 1895}}</ref> Anderson saw further action against West-African rebels and in the [[Anglo-Ashanti wars|Ashanti Campaign]]. In May 1902, he was posted as first and gunnery lieutenant to the [[cruiser]] {{HMS|Brilliant|1891|6}} on the [[Channel Squadron]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=24 May 1902 |page=8 |issue=36776}}</ref>

In 1905 Anderson was promoted to [[Commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] and was posted to the Royal Yacht [[HMY Victoria and Albert (1899)|''Victoria and Albert'']] in 1908. That year, he married a New Zealander, Edith Muriel Teschemaker, the daughter of one of the pioneers of the [[Otago]] region.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230908206 |title=Lady Anderson's Link With Old New Zealand |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 November 1936 |accessdate=24 May 2025 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On 29 July 1910 Anderson was appointed a [[Royal Victorian Order|Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order]].<ref name=MVO>{{London Gazette|issue=28403|page=5581|date=29 July 1910}}</ref> On 11 August 1911, he was promoted to [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28521|page=5987|date=11 August 1911}}</ref> and posted as [[Flag Officer|Flag Captain]] on {{HMS|Hyacinth|1898|6}} from 1913 to 1917.<ref name=ADB>{{cite dictionary| title = Davidson, Sir Walter Edward (1859–1923) | publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| dictionary = Australian Dictionary of Biography| url =http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080252b.htm | access-date =12 July 2010}}</ref>

When the [[First World War]] broke out Anderson took part in the operations that resulted in the destruction of the {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|6}} in [[German East Africa]], and was [[mentioned in despatches]] in 1915. For his actions leading to the capture of [[Dar es Salaam]] he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 1 January 1918.<ref name=CMG>{{London Gazette |issue=30451|page=82 |supp=y|date=1 January 1918}}</ref> He was also invested by the [[Sultan of Zanzibar]] with the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]], Second Class.<ref name=arg>{{cite web|url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11851364?searchTerm=1918+Naval+appointments|title= New Governor of NSW – Distinguished Admiral|work=Melbourne Argus 4&nbsp;November 1935 pg 9 |date= 4 November 1935|publisher=Australian National Library|access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref> From 1918 to 1919 Anderson was posted to command the battleship {{HMS|Ajax|1912|6}} in the Grand Fleet.<ref name=ADB/> In May 1921 he was appointed as an [[aide-de-camp]] (ADC) to [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], which he held until April 1922. After a posting in England, he was promoted to [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|rear admiral]] in 1922. On 2 June 1923 he was invested as a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]].<ref name=CB>{{London Gazette|issue=32830|page=3944 |supp=y|date=2 July 1923}}</ref> He was later posted from August 1923 to October 1925 as the Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, and briefly served as temporary [[Commander-in-Chief, China|Commander-in-Chief China Station]] in 1925. While in China, he was called upon on three separate occasions to command a multi-national force of Japanese, British, American, Portuguese and Italian sailors to help protect the [[Shanghai International Settlement]]. For his efforts in China, he was awarded the [[Order of the Rising Sun]], Third Class, by Emperor [[Hirohito]] of Japan.<ref name=arg/>

Further promoted to [[Vice admiral (Royal Navy)|vice admiral]] in 1927, Anderson was appointed to command the [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Africa Station]]. From June to September 1928 he served as [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa|High Commissioner to the Union of South Africa]]. Being fluent in French, he was further appointed to Geneva as the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] representative to the [[League of Nations]] permanent advisory commission from 1929 to 1931. On 3 June 1930 he was appointed as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]],<ref name=KCB>{{London Gazette|issue=33611|page=3475 |supp=y|date=3 June 1930}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]] in 1931. He retired at his own request on 5 July 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33843|page=4382|date=5 July 1932}}</ref>