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British History: George Anson

Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762). A circumnavigator of the world, Anson shared some attributes with plundering Elizabethan ‘sea-dogs’ but his work also pointed Britain towards a modern commercial imperialism. Anson rose to command a Pacific expedition in 1739. He captured a Spanish treasure ship and sailed westwards to reach home in 1744 a rich man. Further active service and politics qualified him for a peerage and spells as 1st lord of the Admiralty from 1751 to 1762.

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Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 13 June 1747 for Admiral George Anson. The title became extinct upon his death on 6 June 1762. The family seat of Shugborough Hall and the enormous fortune accumulated by him were passed on to his brother Thomas Anson. On his death in 1773 the estates were inherited by their nephew George Adams, who assumed the surname of Anson in lieu of Adams the same year. In 1806 the Anson title was revived when his son Thomas Anson was made Viscount Anson. For further history of this title, see the Earl of Lichfield (1831 creation).

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