Edward Anson
{{short description|British Army officer, administrator (1826–1925)}}
{{about||the Royal Navy officer|Edward Rosebery Anson|Sir Edward Reynell Anson|Anson baronets}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Sir
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCMG|JP}}
| name = Edward Anson
| image = Archibald Edward Harbord Anson.jpg
| image_size = 100px
| order = Lieutenant Governor of Penang
| term_start = 1867
| term_end = 1882
| predecessor = Major General Henry Stuart Man
| successor = Major John Frederick Adolphus McNair
| order1 = Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements
| term_start1 = 10 February 1879
| term_end1 = 16 May 1880
| predecessor1 = Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson
| successor1 = Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld
| term_start2 = 3 April 1877
| term_end2 = August 1877
| predecessor2 = Sir William Jervois
| successor2 = Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson
| term_start3 = 3 November 1873
| term_end3 = 4 November 1873
| predecessor3 = Sir Harry St. George Ord
| successor3 = Sir Andrew Clarke
| term_start4 = 4 March 1871
| term_end4 = 22 March 1872
| predecessor4 = Sir Harry St. George Ord
| successor4 = Sir Harry St. George Ord
| birth_date = {{birth date|1826|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Devonshire Place, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1925|2|26|1826|4|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Hastings, England
| father = Major-General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet
| mother =
| spouse = {{Ubl
| {{marriage|Elizabeth Mary Bourchier|1851|1891|end=d.}}
| {{marriage|Isabella Jane Armistead|1906|1923|end=d.}}
}}
| children = 3
| relations =
| occupation = {{Hlist | Colonial administrator | British Army officer}}
}}
Major-General Sir Archibald Edward Harbord Anson {{small|R.A.}}, {{Post-nominals|sep=,|KCMG|JP}}, (16 April 1826 – 26 February 1925), was a British military commander from the Anson family.
Background and education
Anson was born at 32 Devonshire Place, London, the youngest son of Major-General Sir William Anson, 1st Baronet, and Louisa Frances Mary Dickenson, only child of John Dickenson, by Mary Hamilton his wife, only child of Charles Hamilton, son and heir of Lord Archibald Hamilton, 7th son of William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton. He had three brothers and three sisters, one of whom was his twin sister Louisa Frances Maria. He was taught Latin grammar by his father before he went to school. In 1834 he went to Reverend Dr. Pincknay's School and later in 1837 to Mr. Miller's school on Woolwich Common.
Career
Anson's military experience began from 1844 to 1847.{{London Gazette|issue=20356|date=25 June 1844|page=2179}} He served in England, Ireland and Scotland from 1847 to 1855, Crimea 1855, Mauritius 1857–1862,{{London Gazette|issue=6937|date=19 August 1859|page=1139|city=e}}{{London Gazette|issue=7076|date=18 December 1860|page=1641|city=e}} and Madagascar 1862–1865. He returned to England and, after serving with the army in India, was appointed as the last Lieutenant Governor of Penang from 1867 to 1882.{{London Gazette|issue=23225|date=1 March 1867|page=1467}} In his memoirs About Others and Myself, he describes the feeling of depression upon his appointment as Penang's Resident Councillor. It was during his appointment that the Penang Riots occurred. When the riots ended he negotiated a peace agreement between the contending parties; Red Flag and Tua Pek Kong members against the White Flag and the Ghee Hin. He was the acting Governor of Straits Settlements on several occasions; 4 March 1871 – 22 March 1872, 3 November 1873 – 4 November 1873, 3 April 1877 – 29 October 1877 and 10 February 1879 – 16 May 1880. Upon retirement from the army, he was appointed as an honorary major-general.{{London Gazette|issue=24756|date=26 August 1879|page=5211}} He later served as Sussex Inspector-General of Police and was a justice of the peace.
Family
Anson married in Limerick on 9 January 1851 to Elizabeth Mary Bourchier (died 23 September 1891), daughter of Richard Bourchier, and by her, he had two sons and one daughter: Archibald John George Anson (1851–1929), Elizabeth Mary Louisa Anson (1852–1934), and John William Henry Anson (1856–1889). He married again on 15 May 1906 to Isabelle Jane Armistead (died 11 May 1923), daughter of Robert Armistead of Dunscar, Lancashire.
Sir Edward Anson died, aged 98, in February 1925 and is buried at Hastings Borough Cemetery, Hastings, East Sussex.{{cite web|title=Tombstone with inscription|url=http://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/gallery.html|quote=see photo 169 of 202}}
Awards and honours
Anson was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1876{{London Gazette|issue=24330|date=26 May 1876|page=3185}} and Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1882.{{London Gazette|issue=25139|date=18 August 1882|page=3834}}
See also
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