Sir Gerald Hanson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 2nd Baronet was born on 23 April 1867.

Gerald Hanson was the son of former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Reginald Hanson. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge,[1] he was a British Army captain before choosing life as a country gentleman. He succeeded to the baronetcy on 18 April 1905, on the death of his father.[2]

Sir Gerald had a brother, Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson, who was a well known London merchant, and was created a Knight Bachelor in his own right in 1908.[3] There were also two sisters.

Sir Gerald died on 18 January 1946, aged 78, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Richard Leslie Reginald Hanson, 3rd Baronet. Sir Richard Hanson, like his uncle Sir Francis Hanson, was a member of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 of English Freemasonry.

References

  1. ↑ "Hanson, Gerald Stanhope (HN886GS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ See Leigh Rayment's peerage pages here for fuller details of this baronetcy.
  3. ↑ See History of the Lodge of Assistance, 1899-2002, London, 2002, page 13.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Hanson		 Hanson of Bryanston Square
1905–1946 		Succeeded by
Sir Richard Hanson


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