Sir George Anson | |
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![]() Sir George Anson | |
Birth name | George Adams |
Born | 1769 |
Died | 4 November 1849 (aged 80) |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Peninsular War |
Awards | Knight 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.