George Anson (British soldier)

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Major-General George Anson CB (October 13, 1797 – May 27, 1857) was a British military officer. His father was the 1st Viscount Anson.

He was Colonel of the 55th (the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot from December 12, 1856 until he died six months later, aged 59 from cholera.

He succeeded to the command of the Madras Army in 1854, and early in 1856 became Commander-in-Chief in India. He died of cholera during his march against the Indian mutineers at Delhi in May 1857. Buried in Kurnaul (Now Karnal). The body was later exhumed and taken back to England where it lies now.

Military Offices
Preceded by: Francis Robert Bonham	Storekeeper of the Ordnance 1835–1841	Succeeded by: James Hanway Plumridge
Preceded by: James Whitley Deans Dundas	Clerk of the Ordnance 1841	Succeeded by: Henry George Boldero
Preceded by: Lord Arthur Lennox	Clerk of the Ordnance 1846–1852	Succeeded by: Francis Plunkett Dunne
Preceded by: Sir William Maynard Gomm	Commander-in-Chief, India 1856	Succeeded by: Sir Patrick Grant