Adm. Sir
George
"1st Baron Anson of Soberton"
Anson
RN MP
Born in Shugborough, Staffordshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Anson
and Isabella (Carrier) Anson
Brother of
Janette (Anson) Adams and Thomas Anson MP
Husband of
Elizabeth (Yorke) Anson
— married
25 Apr 1748 [location unknown]
Died
at age 65
in Moor Park, Hertfordshire, England
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Biography
George Anson RN MP is Notable.
Adm. Sir George Anson was a member of the aristocracy in England.
George Anson, son of William Anson and his wife, Isabella Carrier was born at Shugborough in Staffordshire on the 23rd of April 1697. [1] He was baptised at St Michael and All Angels, Colwich, on the 21st of May. [2][3]
Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
He commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession.[4]
On the 25th of April 1748 he married Lady Elizabeth Yorke, daughter of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke [2] and his wife, Margaret Cocks. They had no children. [2]
George died on the 6th of June 1762. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 02 Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697-1762) by John Knox Laughton
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 History of Parliament online: ANSON, George (1697-1762)
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGQQ-NTL : 30 December 2014, George Anson, 21 May 1697); citing COLWICH,STAFFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 417,187.
- ↑ Wikipedia: George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
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