The son of Thomas Anson, first viscount Anson; he fought at Waterloo and was MP for Great Yarmouth (1818-1835) and Staffordshire South (1837-1853). In 1856 he was Commander-in-Chief in India, where he died of cholera.

REFERENCES TO George Anson:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 25 July 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Earl of Sefton to Thomas Creevey, October 1830 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 2 June 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)