George Anson, baron Anson

(1697-1762)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 NRA: Anson, George (1697-1762) Baron Anson, Admiral DNB: Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697-1762), naval officer and politician LBT ID: GeAnson1762 VIAF ID: 41893590 LOC ID: n50024762	B/BAP: 1697-04-23 DIED: 1762-06-06
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He circumnavigated the globe in a daring voyage celebrated in A Voyage Round the World (1748) and was First Lord of the Admiralty (1751-56).
REFERENCES TO George Anson, baron Anson: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 20