George Anson (priest)
George Henry Greville Anson (20 February 1820, in Marylebone – 9 February 1898, in Winchester[1]) was a clergyman and member of the Anson family. He served as Archdeacon of Manchester from 30 May[2] 1870[3] to 1890.[4]
The son of Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet,[5] he was educated at Eton College [6] and Exeter College, Oxford[7] and ordained in 1843.[8] After a curacy at Leeds Parish Church[9] he was, for many years, the incumbent at St James,[10] Rusholme.[11]
He married Augusta Agnes Hook on 27 June 1848.[12]
References
- ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Thursday, Feb 10, 1898; pg. 1; Issue 35436
- ^ Mancuniensis
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Illustrated London News
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ ‘ANSON, Ven. George Henry Greville’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 24 June 2013
- ^ ‘UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE’ The Standard (London, England), Friday, January 27, 1843; Issue 5789
- ^ ‘ORDINATIONS’ The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, December 22, 1843; Issue 22758
- ^ Rusholme Archive
- ^ British History On-line
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries The Bradford Observer; and Halifax, Huddersfield, and Keighley Reporter (Bradford, England), Thursday, July 06, 1848; pg. 5; Issue 735’
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