The Review Frederick Anson was a British clergyman from the Anson family.
Background
He was married to Caroline Maria, daughter of George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon of Sudbury Hall. Anson was the son of the Very Reverend Frederick Anson (1779-1867), Dean of Chester, son of George Anson and the Honourable Mary Vernon, daughter of George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon. His father was born at the family home Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire.
Career
A fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he served as Canon of Saint George"s Chapel at Windsor Castle. As such, he was Canon to Queen Victoria. Anson was named Canon of Saint George"s Chapel on December
30, 1844, by the Queen.
In addition to serving as Canon of Windsor, Frederick Anson also served as Rector of Sudbury, Derbyshire, the home of his wife"s family. Anson lived at the Horseshoe Cloister, Windsor Castle, and at the Rectory in Sudbury.
Anson is memorialized at Saint George"s Chapel in the font in the south aisle of the nave, fashioned in alabaster with a marble base. Anson served as private secretary to Prince Albert for many years and was frequently employed on diplomatic missions for the Royal family.
Anson"s brother the Arthur Henry Anson, rector of Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire, married Augusta Theresa Tufnell daughter of Anne Augusta Wilmot-Horton of Catton Hall, Walton-upon-Trent, South Derbyshire.
The Neilson family, descendants of the Anson-Horton family, today live at Catton Hall. Anson"s son was Alfred William Anson, born at Windsor Castle and educated at Oxford University. Alfred Anson was the uncle of William Temple, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Alfred Anson, lived in Martinsville and is buried there in the Oakwood Cemetery.
Alfred Anson"s daughter married Thomas G. Burch, a local businessman and politician.
Membership
Anson"s brother George Edward Anson served as Keeper of the Privy Purse to Her Majesty, Treasurer of the Royal Household to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a member of the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster and the Prince of Wales"s Council for the Duchy of Cornwall.