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MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

1697 - 1762

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Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. 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, off the south tip of Sicily, during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Anson, 1st Baron Anson has received more than 309,248 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. George Anson, 1st Baron Anson is the 1,409th most popular military personnel (down from 1,187th in 2019), the 2,925th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,473rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson ranks 1,409 out of 1,468Before him are Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Edward Braddock, Irvin McDowell, and Boston Corbett. After him are Christopher Cradock, Philotas, Bipin Rawat, Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana, Arnold Meri, and Dmitry Senyavin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1697, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson ranks 17Before him are Nicola Salvi, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Joseph François Dupleix, and Christine Kirch. After him is Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. Among people deceased in 1762, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson ranks 21Before him are Stanisław Poniatowski, Dorothea Erxleben, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Francesco Loredan, and Francesco Manfredini. After him is Jan Frederik Gronovius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson ranks 2,925 out of 7,765Before him are Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Martin Peters (1943), Anne McLaren (1927), Boston Corbett (1832), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Jason Flemyng (1966). After him are Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Chris Waddle (1960), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Divina Galica (1944), and Jack Grealish (1995).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson ranks 76Before him are Ronald Speirs (1920), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Lawrence Oates (1880), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Edward Braddock (1695), and Boston Corbett (1832). After him are Christopher Cradock (1862), Roy Urquhart (1901), Thomas Gage (1719), Tom Phillips (1888), John Moore (1761), and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726).