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 The Anson family is a British aristocratic family. Over time, several members of the Anson family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the Anson family include the earldom of Lichfield (since 1831) and the Anson baron ...

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

Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (20 October 1795 – 18 March 1854), known as Viscount Anson from 1818–31, was a British Whig (British political faction), Whig politician from the An ...

, and Major-General George Anson and the great-nephew of

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Anson family. He served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw ...

(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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on an outing of

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in July 1914, after he jumped into the river encouraged by Lady Diana Manners. 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)

* Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet (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). His

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

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

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Anson baronets, of Birch Hall (1831)

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