George Anson

George Edward Anson (27 September 1850 – 15 July 1934) was a New Zealand cricketer and medical doctor. Family George Anson was born in Sudbury, Derbyshire, England, on 27 September 1850. On his father's side he was a member of the Anson family. His father was Frederick Anson, Canon of Windsor, and his uncle was George Edward Anson, private secretary to Prince Albert. His mother was formerly the Hon. Caroline Vernon, a member of the Vernon family of Sudbury and Hilton. His maternal grandfather was the fifth Baron Vernon. George was the third of fourteen children. He married Margaret Greenstreet, a New Zealander, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 19 October 1891. They had three sons and a daughter. Life and career George Anson was educated at Eton College for two years before being privately educated. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a degree in 1873. In 1874 he sailed to New Zealand to join a friend who had taken up farming. After farming himself for some years he accepted a position as second master at Wanganui Collegiate School.