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 172 COMPLETE PEERAGE anson Peer [I.] 24 July 1855, and was elected a Rep. Peer [I.] 1867. He d'. unm., I o Aug. 1 8 7 4, at Cowes, in the I sle of Wight, aged 44. Will pr. 1 5 Sep. 1874. EARLDOM [I.] V. BARONY [I.] VI. 5 and 6. Hugh (Annesley), Earl Annes- LEY OF CaSTLEWELLAN, ViSCOUNT GlERAWLY J, and Baron Annesley of Castlewellan [I.], '^' br. and h., b. 26 Jan. 1831, in Rutland Sq., Dublin. Ed. at Eton, and at Trin, Coll., Dublin; B.A. 1851. Entered the army 1851. Served in the 43rd Foot and the Scots Fusilier Guards. I.ieut. and Capt. 1855. Lieut. Col. i860. Severely wounded in the Kaffir war, 1851-53, and also at the battle of Alma. Retired 1871. Was M.P. (Conservative) for Cavan, 1857-74. Claim to Peerage allowed 16 Feb. 1875. ElectedaREP. PEER[I.],28Apr. 1877. He w., istly,4 July i877,at St. Marylebone, Midx., Mabel Wilhelmina Frances, ist da. of Col. William Thomas Markham, of CufForth Hall (formerly Becca), co. York, by Ann Emily Sophia, da. of Sir Francis Grant, sometime President of the Royal Academy. She, who was b. at Cufforth Hall, 5 Apr. 1858, d. 17, and was bur. 22 Apr. 1 891, at Castlewellan. He »?., 2ndly, 2 July 1892, at St. Mary- lebone, his cousin, Priscilla Elizabeth, da. of William Armitage Moore, of Arnmore, co. Cavan, by Mary, da. of W. H. Metcalfe. He d. of heart failure following influenza, at Castlewellan, 15, and was bur. there 18 Dec. 1908, aged 77. Will pr. Aug. 1909, over £j^yOOO. His widow living 1909. He was sue. by his s. and h., who is outside the scope of this work. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 24,350 acres in co. Down ; 24,221 acres in co. Cavan, and 2489 in Queen's County. Total about 51,000 acres, valued at about ;^3o,ooo a year. Principal Residence, Castlewellan, co. Down. ANNESLEY OF NEWPORT PAGNEL i.e. " Annesley of Newport Pagnel, co. Buckingham, " Barony (An- nesley), cr. 1 66 1 with the Earldom of Anglesey, which see ; extinct 1761. ANSON OR ANSON OF SOBERTON BARONY. I. George Anson, 2nd and yst s. of William Anson, J of Shugborough, co. Stafford, (who d. 1720) by Isabella, '/^' da. and coh. of Charles Carrier, of Wirkworth, co. Derby, ^ was b. at Colwich, co. Stafford, 23 Apr. and bap. there ' ■ 21 May 1697 ; entered the navy 2 Feb. 171 1/2, becoming a Post Captain 1724; in 1740 he commanded five ships against the Spaniards, when also he made his famous voyage round the world, (') being appointed, on his return, 23 June, Rear Adm. of the Blue. A Lord (") He was said, in allusion to his modesty and simplicity, to have been " round the world, but never in it. " V.G.