Biography of William Anson 1st Baronet 1772-1847

Paternal Family Tree: Adams aka Anson

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Evelyn 1760

On 05 Jan 1763 [his father] George Adams aka Anson (age 31) and [his mother] Mary Venables-Vernon (age 23) were married at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].

On 13 Aug 1772 William Anson 1st Baronet was born to George Adams aka Anson (age 41) and Mary Venables-Vernon (age 32).

On 30 Mar 1773 Thomas Anson (age 78) died. His nephew [his father] George Adams aka Anson (age 41), son of his sister [his grandmother] Janette Anson, inherited the Anson estates including Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map], and changed his names from Adams to Anson.

On 13 Jun 1789 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 16) was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards; his family's traditional regiment.

On 27 Oct 1789 [his father] George Adams aka Anson (age 58) died.

On 25 Feb 1793 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 20) travelled with the 1st Battalion of his regiment to serve in the Flanders campaign.

Battle of Famars

On 23 May 1793 the Battle of Famars was fought during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.

Ensign William Anson (age 20) fought.

On 28 Sep 1797 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 25) was promoted to captain and lieutenant colonel, becoming a company commander in the 1st Foot Guards.

On 30 Oct 1805 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 33) was promoted to colonel; he continued to command a company within the 1st Battalion.

On 25 Jul 1806 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 33) was sent to serve in Sicily as commander of the Grenadier Company. The battalion, and Anson, returned to England on 04 Jan 1808.

On 02 Jan 1815 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 42) was awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

On 26 Jan 1815 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 42) and Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson were married. They had four sons and three daughters.

On 20 Dec 1816 [his son] John William Hamilton Anson 2nd Baronet was born to William Anson 1st Baronet (age 44) and [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson.

On 12 Aug 1819 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 46) was promoted to Lieutenant-General.

In 1821 [his mother] Mary Venables-Vernon (age 81) died.

The London Gazette 18851. Whitehall, September 15, 1831.

The King (age 66) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kindom to the following Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Lieutenant-General John Slade (age 68).

Lieutenant-General Sir William Anson (age 59), of Birchhall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, K. C. B. [Note. [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson by marriage Lady Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire.]

Lieutenant-General Kenneth Mackenzie, of Glenbervie, in the county.of Kincardine.

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway (age 61), of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, K. C. B. [Note. Clementia Holloway Lady Otway (age 49) by marriage Lady Otway of Brighthelmstone in Sussex.]

Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C. B. and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Augustus John Foster, of Stone-house, in the county of Loath, Esq. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia.

Sir James McGregor, of Campden-hill, in the county of Middlesex, M. D. Director-General of the Army Medical Department.

Robert Way Harty, of Prospect-house, Roebuck, in the county of Dublin, Esq. Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Colonel John Thomas Jones, of Cranmer-hall, in the county of Norfolk.

Robert Greenhill Russell, of Checquers-court, in the county of Buckingham, Esq.

William Chaytor, of Croft, in the county of York, and of Witton-castle, in the county of Durham, Esq.

William Wrixon Becher, of Ballygiblin, in the county of Cork, Esq.

Joseph Birch, of the Hazles, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.

Robert Campbell, of Carrick Buoy, in the county of Donegal!, Esq.

Wilfrid Lawson (age 35), of Brayton-house, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. [Note. Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 38) by marriage Lady Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.]

John Nugent Humble, of Cloncoskoran, in the county of Waterford, Esq.

James Martin Lloyd, of Lancing, in the county of Sussex, Esq.

James Gibson Craig, of Riccaiton, in the county of Mid-Lothian, Esq.

Joseph Barrington, of the city of Limerick, Esq.

Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead (age 33), of Burton, or Monk-Bretton, in the county of York, Esq. [Note. Charlotte Osborne Lady Broadhead by marriage Lady Broadhead aka Brinckman of Burton or Monk-Bretton in Yorkshire.]

John Colman Rashleigh, of Prideaux, in the county of Cornwall, Esq.

J Campbell, of Barcaldine, in the county of Argyll, Esq.

Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, of Donore, in the county of Westmeath, Esq.

John James Garbett Walsham, of Knill-court, in the county of Hereford, Esq.

William Heygate, of Southend, in the county of Essex, Esq. one of the Aldermen of the city of London.

Thomas McKenny, Esq. one of the Aldermen of the city of Dublin.

Henry Meux, of Theobald's-park, in the county of Hertford, Esq.

Charles Mansfield Clarke, of Dunham-lodge, in the county of Norfolk, M. D. one of the Physicians in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

On 10 Jan 1837 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 64) was promoted to General.

On 25 Jul 1837 [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson died.

On 27 Jul 1842 [his son] John William Hamilton Anson 2nd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Catherine Pack Lady Anson (age 21) were married.

On 14 Jan 1847 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son [his son] John William Hamilton Anson 2nd Baronet (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Catherine Pack Lady Anson (age 26) by marriage Lady Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire.

Royal Ancestors of William Anson 1st Baronet 1772-1847

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Ancestors of William Anson 1st Baronet 1772-1847

GrandFather: Sambrooke Adams

Father: George Adams aka Anson

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Anson

GrandMother: Janette Anson

William Anson 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Vernon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Vernon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Corbet 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon of Farnham Surrey 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Vernon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Weston MP

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Weston

GrandFather: George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pigot of Chetwynd in Shropshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pigot

Mother: Mary Venables-Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Harcourt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Evelyn of Wotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Stansfield

Great x 2 Grandfather: John The Younger Evelyn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Browne 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Browne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prettyman

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn