Oswald Sanderson

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.

Early life 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.

On 1 September 1916, he was appointed a temporary major in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, and became honorary commandant of the regiment, as an honorary lieutenant-colonel, on 1 September 1918.

He was again appointed to a temporary majority in the battalion, with the precedence of his previous appointment, on 13 January 1919. On 28 June 1919, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Family life Sanderson married Beatrice Marion Fitch Beddal and they had three sons and a daughter.