George Anson (British Army officer, born 1769)

Sir George Anson
Sir George Anson
Born	1769
Died	4 November 1849 (aged 80)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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 (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.

Anson was the second son of George Anson (previously Adams) and his wife The Hon. Mary Vernon, daughter of the first Lord Vernon. He had an elder brother Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and a younger brother Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet; another younger brother was Frederick Anson, who became Dean of Chester.

He was the uncle of Thomas's sons: Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield and George Anson (who later became the Commander-in-Chief, India. He was also uncle of Frederick's son: George Edward Anson, Keeper of the Privy Purse, who died a few days before him in 1849. Also, Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson was his great-uncle. (See Earl of Lichfield for more information on the Anson family).