George Anson (politician, born 1731)

George Anson (25 July 1731 – 27 October 1789), known as George Adams until 1773, was a Staffordshire landowner from the Anson family and a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1769.

As George Adams, Anson was elected Member of Parliament for Saltash when his uncle died in 1761, a seat he held until 1768.

[1] He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Lichfield in 1770, a seat he held until his death.

He assumed by sign manual the surname and arms of Anson.

She was sister to Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York, and a descendant the Dukes of Norfolk.