Frederick Anson (1811–1885) was a British clergyman from 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 ...

, who served as Canon of

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Early life and education

Anson was the son of Dean of Chester Frederick Anson (son of George Anson and Mary Vernon, daughter of

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon (9 February 1709 – 21 August 1780), was a British politician. Early life Vernon was born on 9 February 1709. He was the eldest, and only surviving, son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, MP for S ...

) and Mary Anne, only daughter of Richard

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(another priest) and Louisa Frances ( Bagot) of

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, Staffordshire. His brother was George Edward Anson,

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to Queen Victoria, Treasurer of the Royal Household to

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, Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of the Prince of Wales (later

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), a member of the Council for the

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and the Prince of Wales's Council for the

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. George Edward Anson served as private secretary to Prince Albert for many years and was frequently employed on diplomatic missions for the royal family.

Career

Anson was a fellow of

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. He was appointed a

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on 30 December 1844, by

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; he also served as Rector of

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, the home of his wife's family.

Personal life

Anson married to Caroline Maria, daughter of

George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon George John Warren Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (22 June 1803 – 31 May 1866), was a British politician. He was one of the last members of parliament for Derbyshire and the first for South Derbyshire. Vernon had a lifetime enthusiasm for ...

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. Through his son Admiral

Charles Eustace Anson Admiral Charles Eustace Anson, CB, MVO (3 December 1859 – 28 April 1940) was a Royal Navy officer. A member of the Anson family, Charles Eustace Anson was the son of the Rev Frederick Anson, Canon of Windsor, and of the Hon Caroline Maria, d ...

, Anson was grandfather to the electrical engineer Horatio St George Anson and the writer

Peter Anson Peter Frederick (Charles) Anson (22 August 1889 – 10 July 1975) was an English non-fiction writer on religious matters and architectural and maritime subjects. He spent time as an Anglican Benedictine monk before converting to Roman Catholici ...

. Anson's son Alfred William became an Episcopal priest in America, serving as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in

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from 15 January 1894 until 1920. Anson is memorialized at St George's Chapel in the font in the south aisle of the nave, fashioned in alabaster with a marble base.St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in the Fourteenth Century, Nigel Saul, Boydell Press, 2005
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Rev. Alfred Anson, son of Rev. Frederick Anson, Christ Episcopal Church, Martinsville, Virginia

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