convert them". A more valid criticism was that his immediate response to the outbreak of the mutiny was a laborious one, at a moment when quick and energetic action could still have been decisive. Private life Anson married The Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella Weld-Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and wife Lady Katherine Mary Manners, in 1830. They had three daughters. Isabella survived her husband by only a year and died in December 1858. Anson was a prominent owner of racehorses: he won The Derby with Attila in 1842 and The Oaks two years later with The Princess. Other It has been asserted mistakenly that 'Famous British Olympian Sir Matthew Pinsent is George's great-great-great-grandson', but in fact that was a different George Anson - the uncle of the subject of this article. See also 1835 Wolverhampton riot References Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson (thePeerage.com) External links History of Parliament account of George Anson's parliamentary career |- |- 1797 births 1857 deaths British Army major generals British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Companions of the Order of the Bath Deaths from cholera Infectious disease deaths in India Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Younger sons of viscounts Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth George Scots Guards officers People educated at Eton College People of the Battle of Waterloo Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Owners of Epsom Derby winners British military personnel killed in the Indian Rebellion of 1857