Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet
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General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet KCB
(13 August 1772 – 1847) was a general in the British Army
noted for his service in Peninsular War
The Anson Baronetcy
was created for him on 30 September 1831.
He was the third son of George Anson; his elder brothers were Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson
and General Sir George Anson.
On 26 January 1815 he married Louisa Frances Mary, daughter of John Dickenson. They had children:
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(13 August 1772 – 1847) was a general in the 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...
noted for his service in Peninsular War
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
The Anson Baronetcy
Anson Baronets
The Anson Baronetcy, of Hatch Beauchamp in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for William Anson. He was the third son of George Anson; his elder brothers were Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and General Sir George Anson...
was created for him on 30 September 1831.
He was the third son of George Anson; his elder brothers were 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...
and General Sir George Anson.
On 26 January 1815 he married Louisa Frances Mary, daughter of John Dickenson. They had children:
- Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Baronet (born 20 December 1816)
- Mary Louisa (born 5 January 1818)
- William Vernon Dickenson (born 10 February 1819)
- George Henry Grenville (born 19 July 1820), later became Archdeacon of Manchester
- Anne Georgiana Frances (born 14 July 1822)
- Archibald Edward HarbordEdward AnsonMajor 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...
(born 16 April 1826) - Louisa Frances Maria (born 16 April 1826)