George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

British admiral

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1697

Place of Birth: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Jun-1762

Profession: military personnel, politician, travel writer, explorer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer.
Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War.
Among his reforms were the removal of corrupt defence contractors, improved medical care, submitting a revision of the Articles of War to Parliament to tighten discipline throughout the Navy, uniforms for commissioned officers, the transfer of the Marines from Army to Navy authority, and a system for rating ships according to their number of guns.



Description	English art collector and painter
Date of birth/death	1701	26 January 1779
Location of birth/death	Devon	Twickenham
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q1502003 VIAF: 64271510 ISNI: 0000 0000 6658 6412 ULAN: 500001473 LCCN: n80110777 NLA: 36071292 WorldCat