Frederick Anson

Not to be confused with Frederick Anson (dean of Chester).

Frederick Anson (1811–1885) was a British clergyman from the Anson family, who served as Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.^[1]

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, left, 1848.

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) and Mary Anne, only daughter of Richard Levett (another priest) and Louisa Frances (Bagot) of Milford Hall, Staffordshire. His brother was George Edward Anson, Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria, Treasurer of the Royal Household to Prince Albert, Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), a member of the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster and the Prince of Wales's Council for the Duchy of Cornwall. 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 All Souls College, Oxford. He was appointed a Canon of Windsor on 30 December 1844, by Queen Victoria;^[2] he also served as Rector of Sudbury, Derbyshire, the home of his wife's family.^[3]

Personal life

Anson married to Caroline Maria, daughter of George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon of Sudbury Hall.^[4][5] Through his son Admiral Charles Eustace Anson, Anson was grandfather to the electrical engineer Horatio St George Anson and the writer Peter Anson.^[6] Anson's son Alfred William ^[7] became an Episcopal priest in America, serving as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Martinsville, Virginia from 15 January 1894 until 1920.^[8]

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.^[9]

References

1. Anson Papers, Staffordshire Record Office, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk
2. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence, F. Watts, Cannon-row, Westminster, 1844
3. "Sudbury, Derbyshire, Kelly's Directory, London, 1891, andrewspages.dial.pipex.com". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
4. Marquis of Ruvigny 1907, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, p. 91
5. The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Edmund Lodge, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1877, p. 594
6. Genealogical information: Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal… The Anne of Exeter volume (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907), page 92.
7. "A Guide to the Anson-Greene-Gravely Family Papers, 1832-1999". Richmond: Library of Virginia. 2002. Biographical/Historical Information. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
8. "Christ Church Episcopal Church, Martinsville, VA Parish History". Martinsville, VA: Christ Church Episcopal Church. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009.
9. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in the Fourteenth Century, Nigel Saul, Boydell Press, 2005

External links

• Rev. Alfred Anson, son of Rev. Frederick Anson, Christ Episcopal Church, Martinsville, Virginia^{[dead link]}

See also

• St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Shugborough, Thomas G. Burch