Frederick Anson

Hon. Rev. Frederick Anson (1811-1885), a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, served as Canon of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=169-3394&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 Anson Papers, Staffordshire Record Office, The National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk] ] As such, he was Canon to Queen Victoria. He was married to Caroline Maria, daughter of George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=0aUD4NqGYqAC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=%22frederick+anson%22+windsor&source=web&ots=6KkYtcw7js&sig=d6Y2YTlvZaM1yHtLxHDDvmbjys0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, Marquis of Ruvigny, T.C. & E.C. Jack, London, 1907] ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLEKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA594&lpg=PA594&dq=%22frederick+anson%22+windsor&source=web&ots=Bom8Me8LdN&sig=j4EQ-NRf7PFpBpFt7HBVE_2H1NE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Edmund Lodge, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1877] ]

Anson was the son of the Very Reverend Frederick Anson (1779-1867), Dean of Chester and younger brother of the first Viscount Anson. The Very Reverend Anson was born at the family home Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire. He married Mary Anne Levett, only daughter of Rev. Richard Levett and Louisa Frances (Bagot) of Milford Hall, Staffordshire. [When the possessions of an elderly Anson descendant were being catalogued in recent years, an ancient photo was discovered among her belongings. Pictured was Milford Hall, the Levett family home in Staffordshire. On the back of the photo someone had written years before that the home was the birthplace of Mary Anne Levett, daughter of Rev. Richard, and ancestor of this Virginia branch of the Anson family. ] The younger brother of Rev. Frederick Anson of St. George's Chapel was George Edward Anson (1812-1849), courtier and British politician, who died young while serving in various capacities in the Royal household.

Rev. Frederick Anson was named Canon of St. George's Chapel on Dec. 30, 1844, by the Queen. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=np01AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA533&lpg=PA533&dq=%22frederick+anson%22+windsor&source=web&ots=o2Rn1_s-49&sig=5rN71ykE905Qz0L0BwuWqXnnCv0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result Bulletins and Other State Intelligence, F. Watts, Cannon-row, Westminster, 1844] ] In addition to serving as Canon of Windsor, Rev. Frederick Anson also served as Rector of Sudbury, Derbyshire, the home of his wife's family. [ [http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/sudbury.htm Sudbury, Derbyshire, Kelly's Directory, London, 1891, andrewspages.dial.pipex.com] ] [Rev. Frederick Anson was married to Caroline-Maria, daughter of George-John Warren, Baron Vernon. Caroline-Maria's brother, Hon. Augustus Henry Venables-Vernon was married to Lady Harriet Anson, the daughter of Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and first cousin of Rev. Frederick Anson.] Rev. Anson lived at the Horseshoe Cloister, Windsor Castle, and at the Rectory in Sudbury. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=yx5NAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA318&lpg=PA318&dq=%22frederick+anson%22+windsor&source=web&ots=DSvY1irCw2&sig=PJvmlx70vgHg_7PDsOvaYWEawyc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, John Charles Cox, Vol. III, Bemrose & Sons, London, 1877] ] Rev. Anson is memorialized at St. George's Chapel in the font in the south aisle of the nave, fashioned in alabaster with a marble base. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=auSNtufAwnoC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=%22frederick+anson%22+windsor&source=web&ots=-lZ_GkXUXI&sig=iFp_l7bFXU7YuRuJxogZIZ8UPGQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in the Fourteenth Century, Nigel Saul, Boydell Press, 2005] ]

Rev. Frederick Anson's brother George Edward Anson served as Keeper of the Privy Purse to Her Majesty, Treasurer of the Royal Household to HRH Prince Albert, Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of HRH the Prince of Wales, a member of the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster and the Prince of Wales's Council for the Duchy of Cornwall. Anson served as private secretary to Prince Albert for many years and was frequently employed on diplomatic missions for the Royal family.

Rev. Anson's brother Rev. Arthur Henry Anson, rector of Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire, married Augusta Theresa Wilmot-Horton of Catton Hall, Walton-upon-Trent,South Derbyshire. The Neilson family, descendants of the Anson-Horton family, today live at Catton Hall.

Rev. Frederick Anson of Windsor's son was Rev. Alfred W. Anson, born at Windsor Castle and educated at Oxford University. [ [http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi00157.document A Guide to the Anson-Greene-Gravely Family Papers, 1832-1999, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va., ead.lib.virginia.edu] ] Rev. Alfred Anson was the uncle of William Temple, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury. Rev. Alfred Anson moved to America and became an Episcopal priest, serving as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Martinsville, Virginia from January 15, 1894 until 1920. [ [http://christchurchmvl.org/content.cfm?pg=15 Christ Church Episcopal Church, Martinsville, Virginia, christchurchmvl.org] ] Alfred Anson, son of Rev. Frederick, is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Martinsville.

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