People

• Adelbert John Robert Anson
  Adelbert John Robert Anson
  The Rt Rev Adelbert John Robert Anson, DD, MA was an Anglican Bishop in late 19th century western Canada..A controversial figure in his diocese, at least among native Canadian farmers and townspeople, he encouraged the small English community to stand fast and remain aloof against the surrounding...
  
   (1840-1909), Canadian Anglican Bishop
• Albert Edward Anson
  Albert Edward Anson
  Albert Edward Anson was a British stage and screen actor.Born in London, he made his first appearance onstage in 1895. He left the stage briefly to pursue a degree in engineering and returned to appear with Beerbohm Tree's company in 1904...
  
   (1879-1936), British actor
• Andy Anson
  Andy Anson
  Andrew Edward "Andy" Anson is a British businessman who is currently the chief executive officer at England 2018 Ltd, the company behind The Football Association's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup...
  
  , British businessman
• Augustus Anson (1835-1877), British Victoria Cross recipient and politician
• Cap Anson
  Cap Anson
  Adrian Constantine Anson , nicknamed "Cap" and "Pop", was a National Association and Major League Baseball first baseman...
  
   (1852–1922), American baseball player
• Claude Anson
  Claude Anson
  Claude Esmond Anson was an English amateur cricketer, who played one first-class cricket match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1924.-Biography:Anson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England...
  
   (1889-1969), English cricketer
• Edward Anson
  Edward Anson
  Major General Archibald Edward Harbord Anson KCMG, was born on 16 April 1826 with a twin sister at 32 Devonshire Place. He was the youngest son of Major General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet Anson K.C.B. and his mother was from the Dickenson family...
  
   (1826-1925), British general and colonial governor
• Eric Anson
  Eric Anson
  Dr Eric Anson was New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist.He was the first President of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists and a member of the NZ Committee of the Faculty of Anaesthetists....
  
   (1892-1969), New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist
• Frederick Anson
  Frederick Anson
  The Revd Frederick Anson , a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, served as Canon of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. As such, he was Canon to Queen Victoria...
  
   (1811-1885), Canon
  Canon (priest)
  A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
  
  , St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
  Windsor Castle
  Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
  
  
• Geoffrey Anson
  Geoffrey Anson
  Geoffrey Frank Anson was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played ten first-class matches during the 1947 English cricket season for Cambridge University and Kent...
  
   (1922-1977), English cricketer
• George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
  George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
  Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War...
  
   (1697–1762), British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
• George Anson (1731–1789) (1731-1789), British politician
• George Anson (British Army general) (1769-1849), British general during the Peninsular War
• George Anson (British Army major-general) (1797-1857), British Commander-in-Chief, India, during the Indian rebellion of 1857
• George Edward Anson
  George Edward Anson
  George Edward Anson was a courtier and British politician. He served as Keeper of Her Majesty's Privy Purse, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert, Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of HRH the Prince of Wales, a member of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster and of the Prince of...
  
   (1812-1849), courtier and British politician, Treasurer of the Household to HRH Prince Albert
  Prince Albert
  Prince Albert was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria.Prince Albert may also refer to:-Royalty:*Prince Albert Edward or Edward VII of the United Kingdom , son of Albert and Victoria...
  
  
• Jack L. Anson
  Jack L. Anson
  Jack Lee Anson was an important leader in the American college interfraternity movement, and was known as "Mr...
  
   (1924-1990), American college interfraternity movement leader
• Jay Anson
  Jay Anson
  Jay Anson was an American author whose most famous work was The Amityville Horror. After the runaway success of that novel, he wrote 666, which also dealt with a haunted house...
  
   (1921–1980), American author of The Amityville Horror
• John Anson
  John Anson
  John Anson is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name "Handsome" John Anson, who competed in North American and Japanese promotions from the mid-1960s until the early-1980s, including International Wrestling, Maple Leaf Wrestling, NWA All-Star Wrestling, Pacific Northwest...
  
   (born 1942), Canadian wrestler
• Mortimer Louis Anson
  Mortimer Louis Anson
  Mortimer Louis Anson was an early protein scientist.He is famous for having proposed that protein folding was areversible, two-state reaction, and for being the foundingeditor of the journal Advances in Protein Chemistry....
  
   (1901-1968), protein scientist
• Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
  Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
  Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield was an English photographer. He inherited the Earldom of Lichfield in 1960 from his paternal grandfather. In his professional practice he was known as Patrick Lichfield.- Career :Lord Lichfield was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, and joined the...
  
   (born 1939), British photographer
• Rupert Anson
  Rupert Anson
  Rupert Anson is an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club and HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. His highest score of 97 came when playing for Middlesex in the match against Essex County Cricket Club...
  
   (1889-1966), English cricketer
• Scott Anson
  Scott Anson
  Scott Robert Anson is a Scottish professional association football player who is currently with Bo'ness United....
  
   (born 1989), Scottish footballer
• Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet
  General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet KCB was a general in the British Army noted for his service in Peninsular WarThe Anson Baronetcy was created for him on 30 September 1831....
  
   (1772–1847), general in the British Army
• Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet (1843–1914), English contract law
  English contract law
  English contract law is a body of law regulating contracts in England and Wales. With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism of the judiciary during the industrial revolution, it shares a heritage with countries across the Commonwealth , and the United States...
  
  yer and Liberal Unionist politician
• Thomas Anson (MP)
  Thomas Anson (MP)
  Thomas Anson , FRS was a British Member of Parliament, traveller and amateur architect.Anson was the son of William Anson and Isabella Carrier, sister-in-law to the Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield. The family estate was Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire...
  
   (c.1695-1773), British politician
• Thomas Anson (cricketer)
  Thomas Anson (cricketer)
  Thomas Anchitel Anson was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first class cricket for Cambridge University from 1839 to 1842 and for Marylebone Cricket Club from 1839 to 1845....
  
   (1818-1899), English clergyman and cricketer
• Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson
  Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson
  Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson was a British politician and peer.Anson was the son of George Adams, who later changed the family name to Anson in 1773, after inheriting Shugborough Hall from his maternal uncle, Lord Anson...
  
   (1767-1818), British politician and peer

• Anson Carter
  Anson Carter
  Anson Carter is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger of Barbadian descent who last played for HC Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A. In the past, he has played for eight different National Hockey League teams, most notably with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver...
  
  , Canadian ice hockey player
• Anson Chan
  Anson Chan
  Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang GBM GCMG CBE JP was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island, succeeding the late legislator Ma Lik....
  
  , Hong Kong politician
• Anson Hu
  Anson Hu
  Anson Hu is a male Chinese pop singer and songwriter.-Biography:From a young age, Anson Hu showed great interest in music. At age 13, he was admitted to Shanghai Music Conservatory where he majored in singing...
  
  , Chinese singer
• Anson Liu, iOS developer at Apparent Etch
• Anson McConnell, United States Free Runner
• Anson Williams
  Anson Williams
  Anson Williams is an actor and director, best known for his role as gullible but well intentioned singer Warren "Potsie" Weber on the television series Happy Days.-Biography:...
  
  , Actor and Director

Place names

• Anson, Maine
  • Anson (CDP), Maine
    Anson (CDP), Maine
    Anson is a census-designated place in the town of Anson in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 818 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Anson is located at ....
    
    
• Anson, Texas
  Anson, Texas
  Anson is a city in and the county seat of Jones County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,556 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Anson, Wisconsin
  Anson, Wisconsin
  Anson is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Jim Falls is located in the town.-Education:...
  
  
• Anson County, North Carolina
  Anson County, North Carolina
  -See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Anson County, North Carolina-External links:*...
  
  

• Anson, Singapore

Other uses

• Anson Engine Museum
  Anson Engine Museum
  The Anson Engine Museum is situated on the site of the old Anson colliery in Poynton, Cheshire, England. It is the result of years of work by Les Cawley and Geoff Challinor who began collecting and showing stationary engines for a hobby. When the number and size of engines they collected...
  
  , a museum based in Poynton, England
• HMS Anson
  HMS Anson
  Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773., a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774., a 64-gun third rate launched in 1781, cut down around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns and wrecked in...
  
  , seven ships of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral Anson
• The Avro Anson
  Avro Anson
  The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Named for British Admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance, but was...
  
  , a World War II reconnaissance and trainer aircraft of the Royal Air Force
• Anson. A diecast maker of automobile models in 1:18 and smaller scales.