Was George Anson of Quasqueton related to George, Lord Anson, the Admiral who circumnavigated the globe?
We have not yet found any connection between our George Anson of Quasqueton and the family of Lord Anson, although we are still searching. According to Burke’s Peerage, Admiral George Anson, Baron of Soberton (21), was the great-uncle of the first Lord Anson, Earl of Lichfield. George, Lord Anson died without issue, so the title of Baron passed to his nephew, the son of his sister Janette Anson and her husband Sambrooke Adams. This nephew, George Adams, changed his name to Anson by royal license.
