George Anson (25 July 1731 – 27 October 1789), known as George Adams until 1773, was a
Staffordshire
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landowner from the
Anson family
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* Viscount Anson
* Baronet Anson
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and a
British
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Whig politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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between 1761 and 1769.
Background
Anson was the son of Sambrooke Adams and his wife Janette Anson, who was the daughter of William Anson and the sister of the naval commander Admiral
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Batt ...
, and the dilettante
Thomas Anson.
Public life
As George Adams, Anson was elected
Member of Parliament
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for
Saltash
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when his uncle died in 1761, a seat he held until 1768.
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He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of B ...
in 1770, a seat he held until his death.
In 1773, on the death of his uncle
Thomas Anson he succeeded to the Anson estates, including the family seat of
Shugborough Hall
Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.
The hall is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about east of Stafford and from Rugeley. The estate was owned by the Bishops of Lichfield until the dissolutio ...
. He assumed by sign manual the surname and arms of Anson.
Family
Anson married Mary Venables-Vernon, of
Sudbury Hall
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The National Trust Museum of Childhood is housed in the 19th-century servants' wing of Sudb ...
, daughter of
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon (9 February 1709 – 2 August 1780), was a British politician.
Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister ...
, in 1763. She was sister to
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
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He was the third son of the George Venables-V ...
,
Archbishop of York
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, and a descendant the
Dukes of Norfolk
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. Anson died in October 1789, aged 58.
Several of their children gained distinction:
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Thomas Anson (1767–1818) was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Anson in 1806 and was the father of
Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC (20 October 1795 – 18 March 1854), previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as ...
, and of Major-General
George Anson
*
Sir George Anson (1769–1849) was an army general and colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards, Equerry to
Victoria, Duchess of Kent
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, and
Groom of the Bedchamber
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to
Prince Albert. His son
Talavera Vernon Anson
Admiral Talavera Vernon Anson (26 November 1809 – 8 September 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who took part in the Greek War of Independence and the First Opium War.
Early life
Born in 1809, Anson was the second son of General Sir George Anso ...
joined the Royal Navy and became an admiral.
*
Charles Anson (1770–1827)
Archdeacon of Carlisle
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.
*
Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet
General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet, (13 August 1772 – 13 January 1847) was a British officer from the Anson family. He became a general in the British Army and noted for his service in Peninsular War.
Early life
William Anson was born on ...
(1772–1847), was an army general who served in the
Peninsular War
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and was created a baronet (see
Anson Baronets
The Anson baronetcy, of Birch Hall in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom held by a branch of the Anson family. It was created on 30 September 1831 for William Anson. He was the third son of Georg ...
) in 1831.
* Sambrooke Anson (1778–1846) became Lt-Colonel in command of the
1st Foot Guards
"Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it."
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throughout the
Peninsula Campaign.
*
Frederick Anson, D.D. (1779–1867), became
Dean
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of
Chester
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. He married Mary Anne
Levett
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, daughter of Reverend Richard
Levett
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This surname comes from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, no ...
of nearby
Milford Hall
Milford Hall is a privately owned 18th-century English country house at Milford, near Stafford. It is the family seat of the Levett Haszard family and is a Grade II listed building.
Association with Levett family
The estate passed to the Levett f ...
, in 1807. Father of
George Edward Anson
George Edward Anson (14 May 1812 – 8 October 1849) was a British courtier and politician from the Anson family.
Anson was the son of the Very Reverend Frederick Anson (1779–1867), Dean of Chester, son of George Anson and the Honourable ...
and
Frederick Anson.
* Mary Anson (died 1837) married in 1785 Sir Francis Ford, Bt., and died in 1837.
* Anne Anson (died 1822) married in 1792 Bell Lloyd of Crogan, younger brother to the
Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn, and was mother to
William H. C. Lloyd, Archdeacon of
Durban
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.
References
George Anson(thePeerage.com)
* Burke's Peerage Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition ()
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1731 births
1789 deaths
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British MPs 1780–1784
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George
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