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Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762)[1] was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War.[2] During his time in office Anson instituted a series of reforms to the Royal Navy. George's father was William Anson of Shugborough in ...
In the wake of his celebrated voyage, George Anson would be elevated to the peerage and to the top ranks of the Royal Navy. In that role, his hard-won experience would serve him—and the fleet—most advantageously. Public Domain. Ever since Great Britain “ceded the Trident” in World War II, the United States has been the world’s ...
George Anson, primer barón Anson, PC RN ( Staffordshire, Reino Unido, 23 de abril de 1697- Hertfordshire, Reino Unido, 1 o 6 de junio de 1762) fue un almirante de la Royal Navy y aristócrata británico del siglo XVIII, conocido por haber realizado una circunnavegación del globo y por su papel de supervisión de la Royal Navy durante la ...
George Anson, primo barone Anson, è stato un ammiraglio britannico, principalmente noto per l'importante ruolo che ricoprì durante la guerra dei sette anni all'interno della Royal Navy.
The son of George Adams was in 1806 created Viscount Anson and Baron Soberton, and his grandson in 1831 was made Earl of Lichfield. Anson is undoubtedly best known to posterity by his voyage round the world, the history of which, as written, or rather edited, by his chaplain, Mr. Walters, or in different abridgments, has always been a popular book even among schoolboys.
8 apr 2019 · 1740, the English Crown dispatched Commodore George Anson (1697–1762) to raid. Spain’s Pacific coast possessions—Chile, Peru, and Mexico— and to attack. Spanish galleons on the high seas. Embroiled in the machinations of Prussia’s. Frederick the Great (1712–86) against the presumptive heir to the Austrian.
ANSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE OF THE VOYAGE.--COMPOSITION OF THE SQUADRON--MADEIRA. THE SQUADRON SAILS. When, in the latter end of the summer of the year 1739, it was foreseen that a war with Spain was inevitable, it was the opinion of several considerable persons, then trusted with the administration of affairs, that the most prudent step the nation could take, on the ...
