| [Index] |
| George ANSON (1797 - 1857) |
| Major General, Commander in Chief India |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Isabella Maria Katherine ANSON (1832 - 1922) Emily Cecil ANSON (1834 - 1846) Alice Louisa ANSON (1837 - 1879) Geraldine Georgina Mary ANSON (1843 - 1927) |
George ANSON (1797 - 1857) + Isabella Elizabeth Annabella FORESTER (1805 - 1858) |
Thomas ANSON (1767 - 1818) | George ANSON ADAMS (1731 - 1789) | Sambrooke ADAMS |
| Janette ANSON | ||||
| Mary VERNON | George VENABLES-VERNON (1710 - 1780) | |||
| Mary HOWARD | ||||
| Anne Margaret COKE | ||||
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Pic P1. General Sir George Anson 1769-1849 1815 National Trust, Shugborough Hall, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England Painting by Thomas Barber Photo credit: National Trust Pic S1. Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Anson (née Forester) Pic 1. General Sir George Anson 1769-1849 |
| b. 13 Oct 1797 at Staffordshire, England |
| m. 30 Nov 1830 Isabella Elizabeth Annabella FORESTER (1805 - 1858) at Willey, Shropshire, England |
| d. 27 May 1857 at Karnal, India aged 59 |
| Cause of Death: |
| cholera |
| Parents: |
| Thomas ANSON (1767 - 1818) |
| Anne Margaret COKE |
| Siblings (2): |
| Charles Littleton ANSON ( - 1812) |
| Frances Elizabeth ANSON ( - 1899) |
| Children (4): |
| Isabella Maria Katherine ANSON (1832 - 1922) |
| Emily Cecil ANSON (1834 - 1846) |
| Alice Louisa ANSON (1837 - 1879) |
| Geraldine Georgina Mary ANSON (1843 - 1927) |
| Grandchildren (4): |
| Richard George Penn Curzon HOWE (1861 - 1929), Evelyn Alice CURZON-HOWE (1862 - 1913), Edith Cecilia CURZON-HOWE (1864 - 1936), Frederck Graham CURZON-HOWE (1868 - 1920) |
| Events in George ANSON (1797 - 1857)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 13 Oct 1797 | George ANSON was born | Staffordshire, England | 15 | ||
| 31 Jul 1818 | 20 | Death of father Thomas ANSON (aged 51) | 15 | ||
| 30 Nov 1830 | 33 | Married Isabella Elizabeth Annabella FORESTER (aged 25) | Willey, Shropshire, England | 15 | |
| 07 Jul 1832 | 34 | Birth of daughter Isabella Maria Katherine ANSON | Middlesex, England | ||
| abt 1834 | 37 | Birth of daughter Emily Cecil ANSON | Middlesex, England | ||
| 26 Aug 1837 | 39 | Birth of daughter Alice Louisa ANSON | Middlesex, England | ||
| 1841 | 44 | Census | Cavendish Sq, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||
| abt Mar 1843 | 45 | Birth of daughter Geraldine Georgina Mary ANSON | Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England | FreeBMD Mar 1843 15 208 | 15 |
| abt 26 Sep 1846 | 48 | Death of daughter Emily Cecil ANSON (aged 12) | Broadstairs, Kent, England | Note 1 | |
| 27 May 1857 | 59 | George ANSON died | Karnal, India | 15 | |
| Note 1: FreeBMD Sep 1846 I Of Thanet 5 429 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson was born on 13 October 1797. He was the son of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke.2 He married Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester of Willey Park and Lady Katherine Mary Manners, on 30 November 1830. He died on 27 May 1857 at age 59 at Karnál, India, from cholera.
Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson gained the rank of officer in the service of the 3rd (Scots Fusilier) Guards. He fought in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for South Staffordshire in 1818. He gained the rank of Major-General in 1853. He was Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India in 1856. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Dictionary. Anson, George 1797-1857, general, born 13 Oct. 1797, was second son of the first Viscount Anson, and brother of the first Earl of Lichfield. He entered the army at an early age, in the 3rd (or Scots Fusilier) Guards, with which regiment he served at Waterloo. In 1818, while still an officer in the guards, he was elected M.P. for South Staffordshire, and sat for many years, holding in succession the political offices of principal storekeeper of the ordnance and clerk of the ordnance. In 1853, having meanwhile attained the rank of major-general in the army, he was appointed to command a division in Bengal, and in the following year succeeded to the command of the Madras army, from which post he was advanced to that of commander-in-chief in India early in 1856. General Anson was holding this important command when the mutiny of the Bengal army took place. Hastening down from Simla, whither he had gone only a few weeks previously to recruit his health, he collected a force at Amballa, and marched with it against Delhi, but being attacked by cholera at Karnál died at that place on 27 May 1857. General Anson was a man of unquestionable talent, and although he had never seen war except at Waterloo, where he served as a mere youth, those who knew him best had very high expectations that he would distinguish himself in his profession if an opportunity offered. It has been alleged that he showed vacillation and want of promptitude when preparing for the march upon Delhi; but the allegation has been amply refuted by a distinguished officer (Sir Henry Norman) who held an important position on the staff of the army at the time, and had the best means of forming a judgment. Sir Henry says that, suddenly placed in a more difficult position than has probably ever fallen to the lot of a British commander, General Anson met the crisis with fortitude and with a calm endeavour to restore our rule where it had disappeared, and to maintain it where it still existed. General Anson married in 1830 Isabella, daughter of the first Lord Forester, who survived him less than two years. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/anson-hon-george-1797-1857 Anson came in for Great Yarmouth at the general election of 1832, but was defeated in 1835 and did not stand there again. Lord Melbourne as prime minister appointed him principal storekeeper of the ordnance in April 1835 and, following his defeat at the Staffordshire South by-election the following month, he was brought in for Stoke in January 1836. He transferred to Staffordshire South at the 1837 general election. He became an army colonel in June 1838 and a major-general in November 1851, when he was clerk to the ordnance in the Russell administration. Better known for his social skills and as a steward of the Jockey Club and chairman of the London and North Western Railway Company, he retired from Parliament in August 1853 to become commander-in-chief at Madras. Despite criticism of his inexperience, he was transferred to the higher command of Bengal during the mutiny in 1856, for which, following his death of cholera at Kurnaul in May 1857, he became a convenient scapegoat. Probate of his will, dated 10 Sept. 1853, was granted to his wife as the sole legatee. It remained unadministered when she died accidentally of laudanum poisoning, 29 Dec. 1858. On 31 May 1860 probate was granted to the eldest of their three daughters, Isabella Katherine, the wife of Richard William Penn Curzon. |
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