Shugborough Hall
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Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.
Front of the Hall, with Ionic colonnade
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
Shugborough Tunnel - postcard, 1900s
Part of the exhibition of the work of Lord Lichfield
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Anson family.
Shugborough Hall
…the house in the 1740s, adding two pavilions flanking either side of the central block. These changes were funded by Thomas's younger brother, Admiral George Anson, created Lord Anson in 1747 and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1751. He had amassed a great fortune during his naval career, and when he died without…
1755 portrait of Anson by Joshua Reynolds
Plaque to Anson in Colwich, Staffordshire
Centurion capturing Nuestra Señora de Covadonga on 20 June 1743