Dictionary of Indian Biography/Anderson, David
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ANDERSON, DAVID ( ? - ? )
Employed by Warren Hastings on important negotiations; sent on an embassy to Madhava Rao Sindia, at the close of the first Mahratta war, to conclude peace, 1782 : accompanied by his brother, Lieut. James Anderson, as his assistant : he remained with Sindia as Political Resident until Warren Hastings left India, 1785, when James succeeded as Resident. The conciliatory attitude of the Mahratta Government at a critical period was due to the exertions of the brothers Anderson. David was examined as a witness at Hastings' trial, 1790, being then President of the Committee of Revenue.