JAMES PETTIT

See also:

• JAMES PETTIT ANDREWS (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

ANDREWS (c. 1737–1797)  , English historian and antiquary, was the younger son of Joseph Andrews, of Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire, where he was born . He was educated privately, and having taken to the law was one of the magistrates at the police court in Queen Square, Westminster, from 1792 to his death . He developed a taste for literature, and his miscellaneous works include The Savages of Europe (London, 1764), a satire on the English which he translated from the French, and Anecdotes Ancient and Modern (London,1789), an amusing collection of gossip . His chief work was a History of Great Britain connected with the Chronology of Europe from Caesar's Invasion to Accession of Edward VI., in 2 vols . (London, 1794–1795) . Its plan is somewhat singular, as a portion of the history of England is given on one page, and a general sketch of the contemporaneous history of Europe on the opposite page . He also wrote a History of Great Britain from Death of Henry VIII. to Accession of James VI. of Scotland, a continuation of Robert Henry's History of Great Britain, published in 1796 and again in 18o6 . Andrews died at Brompton on the 6th of August 1797, and was buried in Hampstead Church . He married Anne Penrose, daughter of a rector of Newbury .