Charles Eustace Anson
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British naval officer (1859–1940)
Admiral Charles Eustace Anson, CB, MVO (3 December 1859 – 28 April 1940) was a Royal Navy officer.[1]
A member of the Anson family, Charles Eustace Anson was the son of the Rev Frederick Anson, Canon of Windsor, and of the Hon Caroline Maria, daughter of George John Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon.[1] He entered HMS Britannia as a cadet in July 1872.[2]
He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1901.[3] Anson was the father of the electrical engineer Horatio St George Anson and the writer Peter Anson.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Admiral C. E. Anson". The Times . 30 April 1940. p. 9.
- ^ "Charles Eustace Anson". The Dreadnought Project. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
- ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette . 3 January 1902. p. 3.