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 ANSON COMPLETE PEERAGE 173 of the Admiralty, 27 Dec. 1744 to June 1751. He was M.P. (Whig) for Hedon, 1744-47. F.R.S. 5 Dec. 1745. Rear Adm. of the "White, 20 Apr. 1745 ; Vice Adm. of the Blue, per saltum^ 14 July 1746 ; Com- mander in chief of the Channel Fleet, 31 July 1746. In May 1747 he completely defeated a French fleet of inferior strength, off Cape Finisterre, taking six men of war. On 13 June 1747 he was cr. LORD ANSON, BARON OF SOBERTON, co. Southampton. (") He was made Vice Adm. of the Red, 15 July 1747; Adm. of the Blue, 12 May 1748. In 1748 he commanded the squadron that convoyed George II to and from Holland. Vice Adm. of Great Britain, 1749-62 ; Elder Brother of the Trin. House, 1749-62, and Master thereof 1752-56 ; P.C. 29 Mar. 1750. First Lord of the Admiralty, 17 June 1751 to 20 Nov. 1756, and again 2 July 1757 till his death. A Lord Justice of Great Britain 30 IVIar. 1752, and 28 Apr. 1755. Adm. of the White 24 Feb. 1757, and Com- mander in chief of the Channel Fleet a 2nd time, 15 May 1758. Finally he was Adm. and Commander in chief of the Fleet, 2,0 July 1761 till his death, his last service being to convoy, Aug. to Sep. 1761, Charlotte, afterwards Consort of George III, to England. He w., 25 Apr. 1748 C') Elizabeth, ist da. of Philip (Yorke), ist Earl of Hardwicke, sometime Lord High Chancellor, by Margaret, da. of Charles Cocks, of Worcester. She, who was b. Aug. 1725, d. i, and was bur. 26 June 1760, at Colwich. He d.s.p.^ suddenly, while walking in his garden, (°) at Moor Park, Herts., 6, and was bur. 14 June 1762, at Colwich, aged 65, when Wis peerage became extinct. Will dat. 28 Aug. 1760, pr. 16 June 1762. ANSON OF SHUGBOROUGH AND ORGRAVE VISCOUNTCY. I. Thomas Anson, formerly Adams, of Shug- j n -. borough and Orgrave, co. Stafford, s. and h. of George Anson, formerly Adams, C) of the same, by Mary, da. of George Venables (Vernon), ist Lord Vernon, was b. 14 Feb. 1767, and sue. his father 27 Oct. 1789. Was M.P. (Whig) for Lich- field 1 789-1 806, and, on 17 Feb. 1806, was cr. (on the recommend- (*) Lord Anson of Soberton bore arms of Silver three bends engrailed gules with a crescent gules in the cantel. The Aiisons, Earls of Lichfield (formerly Adams) bear the same, quartering Adams. William Anson, the Admiral's grandfather, failed to prove his arms at the Heralds' Visitation of co. Stafford in 1663. (*") Mrs. Delany writes of him and his wife in Nov. 1749. "She is a little coxcombical, and affects to be learned, which may sometimes put him out of counte- nance ; but Lord A. is a most generous goodnatured amiable man, and he deserved a wife of more dignity. " V.G. C^) At this very time a patent was being prepared to cr. him a Viscount, with a spec. rem. to his sister's s., George Adams, of Orgrave. V.G. (*) He took the surname of Anson by Royal lie. 30 Apr. 1773, being s. and h. of Sambrooke Adams, of Sambrooke, Salop, by Janette, only sister of Admiral Lord Anson abovenamed. He was M.P. (Whig) for Lichfield from 1770 till his death.