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ried in 1773, left his estate to his nephew, Mr. Adams; George, 

 the celebrated Admiral, who for his signal naval services was re- 

 warded by George II. with a Peerage, by the title of Lord Anson, 

 Baron of Soberton, co. Hants, June 13, 1747; he m. the eldest 

 daughter of the first Earl of Hardwicke, and d. June 6, 1762, with- 

 out issue, (for an account of the eminent services of this great man, 

 see article "Anson," in the Biography of this work) ; Janette, m. 

 Sambrook Adams, Esq. by whom she left issue George, (who took 

 the name of Anson,) father of the present Peer ; Isabella, Anne, 

 and Johanna. 



George Adams, Esq. his Lordship's nephew, (already mentioned) 

 succeeded to his Lordship's property, as well as to that of his uncle 

 Thomas Anson, Esq. He m. Jan. 5, 1763, Mary, daughter of George 

 Venables Vernon, first Lord Vernon, and had issue, Thomas, the. 

 present Viscount ; George, b. Aug. 12, 1769, who received the una- 

 nimous thanks of the House of Commons three different times for 

 his gallant services in the Peninsular war, a Major-General in the 

 Army, M. p. for Lichfield, Aid-de-Camp to the King, and K. c. B. 

 m. May 27, 1800, Frances, sister of Sir Francis Hamilton, and has 

 issue; Charles, in holy orders, M. A. b. Aug. 20, 1770; Sir William, 

 Z>. Aug. 13, 1772, a Major-General in the Army, Knight Commander 

 of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, who likewise received the una- 

 nimous thanks of both Houses of Parliament, (well-earned rewards 

 of his military services ;) Henry, in holy orders, M. A. b. Dec. 19, 

 1793; Sambrook, b. Feb, 18, 1779, a Captain in the King's Own 

 Militia, m. in Jan. 1801, Henrietta, daughter of James Ramsbottom, 

 Esq. ; Frederick, in holy orders, M. A. b. March 23, 1779, m- in 

 May 1807, the only daughter of the late Rev. Richard Levett, of 

 Milford, co. Stafford; Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1763, m. Jan. 22, 1785, 

 Sir Francis Ford, Bart. ; Anne, 6. Feb. 22, 1768, i. Bell Lloyd, 

 Esq. of Bodfach, co. Montgomery ; and Catherine Juliana, 6. Dec. 

 27, 1780, 



Creations. Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgreave, co. Stafford, and 

 Baron of Soberton, February 17th, 1806. 



Arms. Argent, three bends, engrailed, Gules, a crescent for difference. 



Crest . Out of a ducal coronet, Or, the top of a spear, Argent. 



Supporters. On the dexter side, a sea-horse, Argent; on the sinister, a lion 

 guardant, collared. 



Motto. Nil Despgrandum~(ew not;. 



Heir-Apparent. The Hon. Thomas William Anson. 



CAie/Seaf.Shugborougb, Staffordshire. 



