Oswald Sanderson (3 January 1863 – 25 December 1926) was an English businessman, best known for his involvement in the Wilson Line of Hull and later the Ellerman Wilson Line.
Sanderson was born on 3 January 1863 in Oxton, Cheshire the son of Richard Sanderson a general merchant. He was educated at King's Ely. [1]
He started work at the offices of the Wilson Line in Hull, his father was an agent for the company in New York. [1] After he gained some experience at Hull he joined his father in New York. [1] He returned to Hull in 1901 at the request of Charles and Arthur Wilson to become Managing Director at Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. until its sale to Ellerman Lines in 1916 where he continued as Managing director of the combined Ellerman Wilson Line until he died. [1]
During the First World War Sanderson was appointed honorary colonel of the 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 8 August 1914. [2]
On 1 September 1916, he was appointed a temporary major in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, [3] and became honorary commandant of the regiment, as an honorary lieutenant-colonel, on 1 September 1918. [4] [5]
He was again appointed to a temporary majority in the battalion, with the precedence of his previous appointment, on 13 January 1919. [6] On 28 June 1919, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. [7]
Sanderson married Beatrice Marion Fitch Beddal and they had three sons and a daughter. [1] He died on 25 December 1926 aged 63 in a Nursing Home in Leeds following an operation. [1]