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George Anson (25 July 1731 – 27 October 1789), known as George Adams until 1773, was a Staffordshire landowner from the Anson family and a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1769.
Returning to Britain in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a circumnavigation of the globe, the voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila galleon, but also for horrific losses from disease with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving.
The Anson family is descended from George Anson (1731-1789), a Member of Parliament for Lichfield from 1770 to 1789. Born George Adams, he was the son of Sambrooke Adams and his wife Janette Anson, sister of the famous naval commander Admiral Lord Anson.
George Anson (25 juillet 1731 - 27 octobre 1789), connu sous le nom de George Adams jusqu'en 1773, est un propriétaire terrien du Staffordshire de la famille Anson et un homme politique whig britannique qui siège à la Chambre des communes entre 1761 et 1769.
21 de out. de 2021 · Publications. Commentary. Trafalgar: The Legacy of George Anson. Andrew Young. 21 October 2021 5 Minute Read. The Royal Navy has an unhealthy obsession with Nelson and Trafalgar. If it must idolise a Georgian hero, then perhaps it should look to the father of the modern navy: Lord George Anson.
19 de abr. de 2024 · George Anson, Baron Anson (born April 23, 1697, Shugborough, Staffordshire, Eng.—died June 6, 1762, Moor Park, Hertfordshire) was a British admiral whose four-year voyage around the world is one of the great tales of naval heroism.
George Anson, known as George Adams until 1773, was a Staffordshire landowner from the Anson family and a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1769.
