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Anson, of Birch Hall, Lancashire (UK Baronet, 1831)

Creation: let.pat. 30 Sep 1831

Family name: Anson

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Arms:

Argent three Bendlets engrailed Gules in the sinister canton a Crescent of the second

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Spear erect proper

Motto:

Nil desperandum (Never despair)

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General Sir William Anson, 1st Bt. KCB

younger brother of Thomas [Anson], 1st Viscount Anson, and 3rd son of George Adams later Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, co. Stafford (by his wife Hon Mary Venables-Vernon, only dau. by his first wife of George [Vernon later Venables-Vernon], 1st Baron Vernon), 4th son of Sambrooke Adams, of Sambrooke, co. Shropshire, by his wife Janetta Anson, sister and hrss. of George [Anson], 1st Baron Anson, and only dau. of William Anson, of Shugborough, co. Stafford

born

13 Aug 1772

mar.

26 Jan 1815 Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson (d. 25 Jul 1837), only child of John Dickenson by his wife Mary Hamilton, only child of Charles Hamilton (by his wife Mary Catherine Dufresne, dau. of Col ..... Dufresne), 1st son and heir of Capt Lord Archibald Hamilton of Riccartoun and Pardovan RN MP, Governor of Jamaica (by his third wife Lady Jane Hamilton, First Lady of the Bedchamber, Mistress of the Robes and Mistress of the Privy Purse to Augusta, Princess of Wales, 5th dau. of James [Hamilton], 6th Earl of Abercorn), 7th son of William [Douglas later Douglas-Hamilton], 1st Earl of Selkirk, by his wife Lady Anne Hamilton, suo jure Duchess of Hamilton

children

1. Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Bt.

2. William Vernon Dickenson Anson RN (b. 10 Feb 1819; dvp. 1842)

3. Ven Canon George Henry Greville Anson, Rector of Birch, co. Lancaster, Archdeacon of Manchester (b. 19 Jul 1820; dsp. 8 Feb 1898), mar. 27 May 1848 Augusta Agnes Hook, dau. of Very Rev Dr Hook, Dean of Chichester 

4. Maj-Gen Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson KCMG JP, of Southfield, Silverhill, St Leonards, co. Sussex, Lieut-Governor of Penang 1867-82 (b. 16 Apr 1826; d. 26 Feb 1925), mar. 9 Jan 1851 Elizabeth Mary Bourchier (d. 23 Sep 1891), dau. of Richard Bourchier, and had issue

1. Mary Louisa Anson (b. 5 Jan 1818; d. 15 Nov 1856), mar. 8 Jul 1848 as his second wife Rev Matthew Thomas Farrer, of Ingleborough, co. York, Vicar of Addington (b. 3 Feb 1816; d. 14 Jul 1889), 2nd son of James William Farrer JP DL, of Ingleborough, co. York, Master in Chancery, by his wife Henrietta Elizabeth Scott, widow of Hon John Scott and only dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Bt., of Blagdon, co. Northumberland, and had issue

2. Anne Georgiana Frances Anson (b. 14 Jul 1822; d. 22 Nov 1911), mar. 19 Feb 1849 Rev William Thornton, of Kingsthorpe Hall, co. Northampton (b. 22 Jul 1806; d. 20 May 1881), 3rd son of Thomas Reeve Thornton JP DL, of Brockhall, co. Northampton, by his wife Susannah Fremeaux, dau. and hrss. of Peter John Fremeaux, of Kingsthorpe Hall, co. Northampton, and had issue

3. Louisa Frances Maria Anson (b. 16 Apr 1826; d. 14 Jan 1904), mar. 16 Apr 1857 Maj Francis Du Cane (b. 9 Nov 1826; d. 4 Oct 1880), 2nd son of Cmdr Charles Du Cane RN, of Braxted Park, co. Essex, by his wife Frances Prideaux-Brune, 2nd dau. of Rev Charles Prideaux later Prideaux-Brune, of Prideaux Place, co.  Cornwall, and had issue

died

14 Jan 1847

created

30 Sep 1831 a Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Birch Hall, Lancashire"

suc. by

son

note

served in the Peninsular War; Col, 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 1829-35; Col, 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 1835-47

Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Bt.

born

26 Dec 1816

mar.

27 Jul 1842 Elizabeth Catherine Pack (d. 3 Jul 1903), 1st dau. of Maj-Gen Sir Denis Pack KCB, Lieut-Governor of Plymouth, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Louisa Beresford (she mar. (2) Lieut-Gen Sir Thomas Reynell, 6th Bt. KCB), 4th dau. of George de la Poer [Beresford], 1st Marquess of Waterford

children

1. Rt Hon Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Bt. JP

2. John George Beresford Anson (b. 28 Mar 1845; dvp. 18 Feb 1852)

3. Frederick Arthur Anson, of Piraki, Akaroa, New Zealand (b. 6 Nov 1850; d. 11 Dec 1913), mar. 23 Feb 1878 Agnes Roberts (d. 7 Apr 1923), 2nd dau. of James F Roberts, of Akaroa, New Zealand, and had issue:

1a. Sir Denis George William Anson, 4th Bt.

1a. Ella Frances Olive Anson (b. 12 Nov 1880; d. 30 Oct 1954), mar. 26 Jul 1906 Charles John Crawford (b. 8 Oct 1866; d. 19 Mar 1940), 4th son by his second wife of James Coutts Crawford of Overton  MLC. of Miramar, New Zealand, and had issue

2a. Agnes Margaret Anson, mar. (1) 27 Jun 1912 Horace Edward Wilkie Young, Vice-Consul in the Levant Consular Service (d. 20 Feb 1914), 2nd son of Sydney Young, of Hyndford House, Chelsea, London, (2) 31 Jul 1923 Charles Evelyn David Gladstone (d. 23 Jul 1942), 2nd son of Rev David Thomas Gladstone, Vicar of Rye, co. Sussex, and (3) 3 Dec 1954 Capt Henry Wyham (d. 27 Apr 1961), son of Rev George Wyham, of Hereford, and had issue by her first husband

3a. Janet Katharine Mary Anson (d. 30 Nov 1938), mar. 23 Aug 1914 Capt George Kenneth Thompson Fisher (d. 3 Sep 1917 of wounds received in action), 1st son of Rt Rev George Carnac Fisher DD, Bishop of Islington, and had issue

4a. Anne Evelyun Anson, mar. 10 Oct 1912 Capt Thomas Edmund Sotheron-Estcourt, of Estcourt Park, Tetbury, co. Gloucester (d. 25 Jan 1958), and had issue

4. Rear-Admiral Algernon Horatio Anson JP RN (b. 2 Aug 1854; d. 12 Nov 1913), mar. 9 Apr 1896 his second cousin once removed Hon Adela Venables-Vernon (b. 12 Oct 1870; d. 1 Jan 1931), 5th dau. of Augustus Henry [Venables-Vernon], 6th Baron Vernon, by his wife Lady Harriet Frances Maria Anson, 3rd dau. of Thomas William [Anson], 1st Earl of Lichfield, and had issue:

1a. Sir John Henry Algernon Anson, 5th Bt.

2a. Sir Edward Reynall Ansoin, 6th Bt.

1. Louisa Elizabeth Annie Anson (d. 28 Nov 1920), mar. 7 Oct 1880 Rev Donald Campbell, Rector of Oakford, co. Devon, Hon Canon of Norwich Cathedral (d. 4 Dec 1909), and had issue

2. Mary Louisa Anson (d. unm. 11 Feb 1899)

3. Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (d. unm. 2 Sep 1930)

4. Florence Helen Anson (d. unm. 29 Sep 1944)

5. Margaret Mildred Anson (d. 4 Nov 1947), mar. 8 Sep 1886 Rev Frederick George Buller, Rector of Oakford, co. Devon 1909-24 (b. 1855; d. 1 Jun 1932), 2nd son of Rev William Buller, of Pelynt and Lanrfath, co. Cornwall, Rector of Hemington, co. Somerset, by his second wife Eleanor Coney, dau. of Rev William Coney, of Cookham, co. Berkshire, and had issue

6. Gertrude Christina Anson (d. unm. 22 Feb 1937)

7. Janet Katharine Olive Anson (d. 22 Jun 1937), mar. 5 Dec 1899 Herbert Elphinstone Montgomery (d. 14 Feb 1943), 2nd son of Capt Thomas Henry Montgomery, of Hattonburn, co. Kinross (by his wife Hon Anna Maria Fullerton-Elphinstone, sister of William Buller [Fullerton-Elphinstone], 15th Lord Elphinstone, and 3rd dau. of Lt Col James Drummond Fullerton-Elphinstone later Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone), 4th son by his second wife of Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Bt. MP, Lord Advocate of Scotland 1804-06, and had issue

died

2 Aug 1873

suc. by

son

Rt Hon Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Bt., MP

born

14 Nov 1843

died

1 Jun 1914

suc. by

nephew

note

barrister, Inner Temple 1869; Warden of All Souls, Oxford 1881; Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford 1898-99; Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford 1899-1912; Member of Parliament (Liberal Unionist) for Oxford University 1899-1914; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Education 1902-05; Trustee, National Portrait Gallery 1904; Privy Councillor 1911; Trustee, British Museum 1911

Sir Denis George William Anson, 4th Bt.

born

14 Aug 1888

died

3 Jul 1914 by drowning in the River Thames

suc. by

cousin

note

barrister, Inner Temple 1913

Lt Sir John Henry Algernon Anson, 5th Bt. RN

born

13 Jan 1897

died

2 Mar 1918 on acti ve service, being lost at sea in HM Submarine H5

suc. by

brother

Sir Edward Reynell Anson, 6th Bt.

born

31 Jan 1902

mar.

17 Oct 1923 (Frances) Alison Pollock (d. 29 Apr 1997), only dau. of Hugh Pollock, by his wife Alice Wykeham-Martin, 3rd dau. of Cmdr Cornwallis Wykeham-Martin JP RN, of The Hill Purton, co. Wiltshire (by his wife Anne Katherine Rolls, dau. of John E W Rolls, of The Hendre, co. Monmouth), 3rd son of Charles Wykeham-Martin JP DL MP, of Leeds Castle, co. Kent, and of Chacombe Priory, co. Northampton, by his first wife Lady Jemima Isabella Mann, only child of James [Cornwallis later Mann], 5th Earl Cornwallis, by his first wife Maria Isabella Dickens, 1st dau. of Francis Dickens, of Woollaston House, co. Northampton

childen

1. Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Anson, 7th Bt. CB DL RN

2. Sir John Anson KCB (b. 2 Aug 1930), mar. 20 Jul 1957 Myrica Fergie-Woods, dau. of Dr Harold Fergie-Woods, of Beech Court, Liphook, co. Hampshire, and has issue

died

26 Jun 1951

suc. by

son

note

served in World War I 1914-18 as Midshipman RN; served in World Ward II 1939-45 as Lt Col, Royal Artillery

Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Anson, 7th Bt. CB DL RN

born

31 Jul 1924

mar.

16 Apr 1955 Dame Elizabeth Audrey Clarke DBE DL, Immigration Judge 1979-91, Mayor of Waverley 1987-88, Chairman, Housing and Environmental Health Committee 1987-89, Chairman, National Mobility Scheme 1987-88, Chairman, Association of District Councils in England and Wales 1991-93, Chairman, Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations 1991-2000 (b. 9 Jan 1931), only dau. of Rear-Admiral Sir (Charles) Philip Clarke KBE CB DSO RN, by his wife Audrey Doreen White

children

1. Sir Philip Roland Anson, 8th Bt.

2. Hugo William Anson, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Anson, of 99 Mays Lane, Barnet, co. Hertford (b. 30 Apr 1962), mar. 1986 Sharon E Gardner, dau. of L J Gardner, of Palmers Green, London, and has issue:

1a. Jack Jerome Anson (b. 16 Mar 2001)

1a. Hope Elisha Anson (b. 26 Jul 1999)

1. Louisa Frances Anson (b. 28 Jan 1956), mar. (1) 1978 (div. 1985) Robert W A Cuthill, and (2) 1994 Dr Michael F Barnsley, of 335 Pennbrooke Trace, Duluth, Georgia, USA, and has issue by both husbands

2. Sarah Elizabeth Anson (b. 4 Sep 1966), mar. 1992 Robert Van Lieshout, of De Wadden 1, 5691 ZJ Son, Netherlands, and has issue

died

17 Apr 2018

suc. by

son

Sir Philip Roland Anson, 8th Bt.

born

4 Oct 1957

The heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Anson is Hugo William Anson, 2nd son of the 7th Baronet and younger brother of the present Baronet.

Ancestry of Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Anson, 7th Bt.

 Last updated 9 Jun 2019

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Address:

34 Martello Road, Eastbourne, Sussex BN22 7SS

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