George Anson (British Army officer, born 1769)

Sir George Anson
Sir George Anson
Birth nameGeorge Adams
Born1769
Died4 November 1849 (aged 80)
Service / branchBritish Army
RankGeneral
Battles / warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Peninsular War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir George Anson, GCB (born Adams; 1769 – 4 November 1849), was a British officer and politician from the Anson family. He commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament.