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Paternal Family Tree: Adams aka Anson
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Evelyn 1760
On 5th January 1763 [his father] George Adams aka Anson (age 31) and [his mother] Mary Venables-Vernon (age 23) were married at All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map].
On 13th August 1772 William Anson 1st Baronet was born to George Adams aka Anson (age 41) and Mary Venables-Vernon (age 32).
On 13th June 1789 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 16) was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards; his family's traditional regiment.
On 27th October 1789 [his father] George Adams aka Anson (age 58) died.
On 25th February 1793 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 20) travelled with the 1st Battalion of his regiment to serve in the Flanders campaign.
On 23rd May 1793 the Battle of Famars was fought during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
Ensign William Anson (age 20) fought.
On 28th September 1797 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 25) was promoted to captain and lieutenant colonel, becoming a company commander in the 1st Foot Guards.
On 30th October 1805 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 33) was promoted to colonel; he continued to command a company within the 1st Battalion.
On 25th July 1806 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 33) was sent to serve in Sicily as commander of the Grenadier Company. The battalion, and Anson, returned to England on 4th January 1808.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 2nd January 1815 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 42) was awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
On 26th January 1815 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 42) and Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson were married. They had four sons and three daughters.
On 20th December 1816 [his son] John William Hamilton Anson 2nd Baronet was born to William Anson 1st Baronet (age 44) and [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson.
On 12th August 1819 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 46) was promoted to Lieutenant-General.
In 1821 [his mother] Mary Venables-Vernon (age 81) died.
The London Gazette 18851. Whitehall, September 15, 1831.
The King (age 66) has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kindom to the following Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.
Lieutenant-General John Slade (age 68).
Lieutenant-General Sir William Anson (age 59), of Birchhall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, K. C. B. [Note. [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson by marriage Lady Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire.]
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Mackenzie, of Glenbervie, in the county.of Kincardine.
Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway (age 61), of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, K. C. B. [Note. Clementia Holloway Lady Otway (age 49) by marriage Lady Otway of Brighthelmstone in Sussex.]
Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C. B. and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
Augustus John Foster, of Stone-house, in the county of Loath, Esq. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia.
Sir James McGregor, of Campden-hill, in the county of Middlesex, M. D. Director-General of the Army Medical Department.
Robert Way Harty, of Prospect-house, Roebuck, in the county of Dublin, Esq. Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Colonel John Thomas Jones, of Cranmer-hall, in the county of Norfolk.
Robert Greenhill Russell, of Checquers-court, in the county of BucKingham, Esq.
William Chaytor, of Croft, in the county of York, and of Witton-castle, in the county of Durham, Esq.
William Wrixon Becher, of Ballygiblin, in the county of Cork, Esq.
Joseph Birch, of the Hazles, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.
Robert Campbell, of Carrick Buoy, in the county of Donegal!, Esq.
Wilfrid Lawson (age 35), of Brayton-house, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. [Note. Caroline Graham Lady Lawson (age 38) by marriage Lady Lawson of Brayton House in Cumberland.]
John Nugent Humble, of Cloncoskoran, in the county of Waterford, Esq.
James Martin Lloyd, of Lancing, in the county of Sussex, Esq.
James Gibson Craig, of Riccaiton, in the county of Mid-Lothian, Esq.
Joseph Barrington, of the city of Limerick, Esq.
Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead (age 33), of Burton, or Monk-Bretton, in the county of York, Esq. [Note. Charlotte Osborne Lady Broadhead by marriage Lady Broadhead aka Brinckman of Burton or Monk-Bretton in Yorkshire.]
John Colman Rashleigh, of Prideaux, in the county of Cornwall, Esq.
J Campbell, of Barcaldine, in the county of Argyll, Esq.
Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, of Donore, in the county of Westmeath, Esq.
John James Garbett Walsham, of Knill-court, in the county of Hereford, Esq.
William Heygate, of Southend, in the county of Essex, Esq. one of the Aldermen of the city of London.
Thomas McKenny, Esq. one of the Aldermen of the city of Dublin.
Henry Meux, of Theobald's-park, in the county of Hertford, Esq.
Charles Mansfield Clarke, of Dunham-lodge, in the county of Norfolk, M. D. one of the Physicians in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
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On 10th January 1837 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 64) was promoted to General.
On 25th July 1837 [his wife] Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson Lady Anson died.
On 27th July 1842 [his son] John William Hamilton Anson 2nd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Catherine Pack Lady Anson (age 21) were married.
On 14th January 1847 William Anson 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son [his son] John (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Catherine Pack Lady Anson (age 26) by marriage Lady Anson of Birch Hall in Lancashire.
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GrandFather: Sambrooke Adams
Father: George Adams aka Anson
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Anson
GrandMother: Janette Anson
William Anson 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Vernon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Vernon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Corbet 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon of Farnham Surrey 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vernon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Vernon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Weston MP
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Weston
GrandFather: George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pigot of Chetwynd in Shropshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pigot
Mother: Mary Venables-Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Harcourt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Evelyn of Wotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Stansfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: John The Younger Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Browne 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Browne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prettyman
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn