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[1]
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.[2]
On 26 January 1815 he married Louisa Frances Mary, daughter of John Dickenson. They had children:[3]
- 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 Harbord (born 16 April 1826)
- Louisa Frances Maria (born 16 April 1826)
[edit] References
- ^ Anson ancestry site
- ^ The Peerage.com
- ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (fourth ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1832. p. 32. http://books.google.com/books?id=Cq8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- Biography
- Obituary in the Gentlemen's Magazine
- Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets [self-published source?][better source needed]
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