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Admiral Anson defeated the purpose of two hostile expeditions, 

 fitted-out at a great expence to annoy our settlements in the 

 East and our West India islands, and for this important public 

 service he was promoted to the rank of Vice-admiral of the Blue, 

 and raised to the dignity of the peerage, by the title of Lord 

 Anson, Baron of Soberton, in the county of Hants. The motto 

 chosen by his Lordship, on this elevation, was Nil Desperandum, 

 which was a very apposite allusion to his former perils and even- 

 tual success. 



On the 25th of April 1748, Lord Anson married Elizabeth, el- 

 dest daughter of Lord Hardwicke, then Lord Chancellor. This 

 lady died without issue on the 1st of June 1760. On the 12th of 

 July 1749, Lord Anson was appointed Vice-admiral of Great Bri- 

 tain ; and on the 12th of June, he was made First Lord of the Ad- 

 miralty. During the absence of King George II. in the years 

 1752 and 1755, his Lordship was appointed one of the Lords Jus- 

 tices of the Kingdom, a proof of the high opinion entertained by 

 his Sovereign of his knowledge and prudence. 



On a change of the Ministry in 1756, Lord Anson resigned his 

 office in the Admiralty ; on the 24th of February 1757, he was 

 made an Admiral ; and on the 2d of July the same year, he resumed 

 his place at the head of the Board, and retained that honourable 

 post during the remainder of his life. 



In 1758, he hoisted his flag as Admiral of the White, on board 

 the Royal George of 110 guns, and sailed from Spithead on the 1st 

 of June, with a formidable fleet. The celebrated Sir Edward 

 Hawke served under him ; and these two naval heroes, by their 

 skilful manoeuvres while they cruised before Brest, effectually pro- 

 tected the descents made by the British troops and seamen that 

 summer, at S^. Maloes, Cherburgh, and other places along the 

 French coast. While their shores were thus insulted by invaders, 

 the French fleet did not venture to come out of Brest, and Lord 

 Anson kept his fleet and seamen in constant exercise, for the pur- 

 pose of thus acquiring a superiority in naval tactics. 



The highest dignity which could be conferred upon him as a 

 naval officer was the reward of these important services ; for on 

 the 30th July 1761, his Lordship \>as appointed Admiral and Com- 

 mander-in-Chief of the British Navy. A few days afterwards he 

 sailed from Harwich, in the Charlotte yatch, to convey Her pre- 

 sent Majesty to England. 



In 1762, Lord Auson accompanied the Queen's brother, Prince 



