Sir Gerald Hanson, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 2nd Baronet was born on 23 April 1867.
Gerald Hanson was the son of former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Reginald Hanson
. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge
, he was a British Army
captain before choosing life as a country gentleman. He succeeded to the baronetcy on 18 April 1905, on the death of his father.
Sir Gerald had a brother, Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson, who was a well known London merchant, and was created a Knight Bachelor
in his own right in 1908. There were also two sisters.
Sir Gerald died on 18 January 1946, aged 78, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Richard Leslie Reginald Hanson, 3rd Baronet. Sir Richard Hanson, like his uncle Sir Francis Hanson, was a member of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 of English Freemasonry
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Gerald Hanson was the son of former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Reginald Hanson
Reginald Hanson
Sir Reginald Hanson 1st Baronet, Kt, JP, DL, FSA was Lord Mayor of London and a British Conservative Party politician....
. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
, he was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
captain before choosing life as a country gentleman. He succeeded to the baronetcy on 18 April 1905, on the death of his father.
Sir Gerald had a brother, Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson, who was a well known London merchant, and was created a Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor
The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in his own right in 1908. There were also two sisters.
Sir Gerald died on 18 January 1946, aged 78, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Richard Leslie Reginald Hanson, 3rd Baronet. Sir Richard Hanson, like his uncle Sir Francis Hanson, was a member of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 of English Freemasonry
Freemasonry
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
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