| 词条 | Augustus Anson |
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|name=Augustus Anson |birth_date=5 March 1835 |death_date=17 November 1877 (aged 42) |birth_place=Slebech Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire |death_place=Cannes, France |placeofburial=Cimetière du Grand Jas, Cannes |image= Augustus Anson VC IWM Q 80462.jpg |image_size= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{UK}} |serviceyears=Retired 1873 |rank=Lieutenant-Colonel |branch= British Army |commands= |unit=84th Regiment of Foot 7th Hussars |battles=Crimean War Indian Mutiny Second Anglo-Chinese War |awards= Victoria Cross |laterwork=Member of Parliament |relations=Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (father) }} Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus Henry Archibald Anson, VC (5 March 1835 – 17 November 1877) was a member of the Anson family and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as member of parliament for Lichfield from 1859 until 1868, and for Bewdley from 1869 to 1874. Life and careerAnson was a son of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, and it was when he was 22 years old and a captain in the 84th Regiment of Foot (later the 2nd Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment), during the Indian Mutiny, when the following deeds took place on 28 September 1857 at Bolandshahr and at Lucknow, on 16 November 1857, for which he was awarded the VC: {{quote|For conspicuous bravery at Bolundshahur, on the 28th September, 1857. The 9th Light Dragoons had charged through the town, and were reforming in the Serai; the enemy attempted to close the entrance by drawing their carts across it, so as to shut in the cavalry and form a cover from which to fire upon them. Captain Anson, taking a lance, dashed out of the gateway, and knocked the drivers off their carts. Owing to a wound in his left hand, received at Delhi, he could not stop his horse, and rode into the middle of the enemy, who fired a volley at him, one ball passing through his coat. At Lucknow, at the assault of the Secundra Bagh, on 16th November, 1857, he entered with the storming party on the gates being burst open. He had his horse killed, and was himself slightly wounded. He has shown the greatest gallantry on every occasion, and has slain many enemies in fight.Despatch from Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.B., dated 12th August, 1858[1]}} On his return to England, he married Amelia Claughton, a daughter of the future first Bishop of St Albans, Rev. Thomas Legh Claughton. Anson later achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1859, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lichfield as a Liberal, holding the seat until 1868. Although losing the by-election in 1869 for Bewdley the election was overturned on petition and the seat was awarded to him. He won the subsequent election and remained in parliament until 1874. In 1870, he was one of two directors of The Land and Sea Telegraph Construction Company Ltd. as it applied to be wound up, the other being William Palliser. Anson was then "of Dudley House, Park-lane, in the county of Middlesex".[2] Anson died at the age of 42 in Cannes, France, and was buried there. There is a memorial plaque to him in Lichfield Cathedral. Works
References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22212|page=5513|date=24 December 1858}} 2. ^London Gazette, Issue 23645 published on 16 August 1870, p 3846 online External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Lichfield | years = 1859–1868 | with = Lord Alfred Paget to 1865 | with2 = Richard Dyott from 1865 | before = Viscount Sandon and Lord Alfred Paget | after = Richard Dyott }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Bewdley | years = 1869–1874 | before = John Pickersgill-Cunliffe | after = Charles Harrison }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Anson, Augustus Henry Archibald}} 16 : 1835 births|1877 deaths|British recipients of the Victoria Cross|Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross|84th Regiment of Foot officers|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies|Younger sons of earls|UK MPs 1859–65|UK MPs 1865–68|UK MPs 1868–74|People from Haverfordwest|British Army personnel of the Crimean War|British Army personnel of the Second Opium War|7th Queen's Own Hussars officers|Anson family|British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross |
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