The Anson baronetcy, of Birch Hall in the

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, is a title in the

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held by a branch of the

Anson family ) , type = , country = * , estates = Shugborough HallBirch Hall , titles = * Earl of Lichfield * Viscount Anson * Baronet Anson , founded = , founder = George Anson , current head ...

. It was created on 30 September 1831 for William Anson. He was the third son of George Anson; his elder brothers were

Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 1767 – 31 July 1818) was a British politician and peer from the Anson family. Background and career Thomas Anson was born 14 February 1767, the first son of George Anson, of Shugborough and Mar ...

, and General Sir George Anson. Sir William was the uncle of

Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC (20 October 1795 – 18 March 1854), previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as ...

, and Major-General George Anson and the great-nephew of George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (see Earl of Lichfield, 1831 creation, for more information on the Anson family). His grandson, the third Baronet, was a lawyer and

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politician. He never married and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet. He was the only son of Frederick Arthur Anson, third son of the second Baronet. The fourth baronet drowned in the

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in July 1914, aged only twenty-five. He had not married and on his death the title passed to his first cousin, the fifth Baronet, the eldest son of

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Algernon Horatio Anson (1854–1913), fourth and youngest son of the second Baronet. He was killed in action in the

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. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet. His elder son, the seventh baronet, was a Rear-Admiral in the

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. As of 2021 the title is held by the latter's son, the eighth Baronet, who succeeded in 2018.

Anson baronets, of Birch Hall (1831)

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(1772–1847) * Sir John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Baronet (1816–1873) * Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Baronet (1843–1914) * Sir Denis George William Anson, 4th Baronet (1888–1914) * Sir John Henry Anson, 5th Baronet (1897–1918) * Sir Edward Reynell Anson, 6th Baronet (1902–1951) * Sir Peter Anson, 7th Baronet (1924–2018) * Sir Philip Roland Anson, 8th Baronet (b. 1957) The

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is the current holder's brother, Hugo William Anson (b. 1962)
The heir presumptive's

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is his only son, Jack Jerome Anson (b. 2001)

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Anson baronets, of Birch Hall (1831)

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