Anson was a son of the 1st Earl of Lichfield and it was when he was 22 years old and a captain in the 84th Regiment of Foot (later the 2nd Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment), during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place on 28 September 1857 at Bolandshahr and at Lucknow, on 16 November 1857 for which he was awarded the Venture capital:.
Foreign conspicuous bravery at Bolundshahur, on the 28th September, 1857. Captain Anson, taking a lance, dashed out of the gateway, and knocked the drivers off their carts. Owing to a wound in his left hand, received at Delhi, he could not stop his horse, and rode into the middle of the enemy, who fired a volley at him, one ball passing through his coat.
At Lucknow, at the assault of the Secundra Bagh, on 16th November, 1857, he entered with the storming party on the gates being burst open.
He had his horse killed, and was himself slightly wounded. He has shewn the greatest gallantry on every occasion, and has slain many enemies in fight.
Despatch from Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, Knight Commander of the Bath, dated 12th August, 1858
Although losing the by-election in 1869 for Bewdley the election was overturned on petition and the seat was awarded to him. In 1870, he was one of two directors of The Land and Sea Telegraph Construction Company Limited. as it applied to be wound up, the other being William Palliser.
Anson was then "of Dudley House, Park-lane, in the county of Middlesex".
Anson died at the age of 42 in Cannes, France and was buried there. There is a memorial plaque to him in Lichfield Cathedral.
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He was member of parliament for Lichfield from 1859 until 1868 and for Bewdley from 1869 to 1874.
In 1859, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lichfield as a Liberal, holding the seat until 1868.
