Dictionary definition: Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson

Dictionary definition: Anson, George, Baron Anson
A Dictionary of World History;      314 words ...Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697–1762) British admiral, remembered for his circumnavigation of the world (1740–44). Due to shipwreck ...

Encyclopedia entry: Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson
The Oxford Companion to British History;      337 words ...Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762). A circumnavigator of the world, Anson shared some attributes with plundering Elizabethan ‘ ...

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NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     262 words ...

Article: Anniversaries
The Independent - London;  April 23, 1997 ;     659 words ... ... Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander, 1598; George, Baron Anson, admiral and explorer, 1697; Samuel Wallis, navigator ... secede under certain conditions, 1991. Today is St George's Day and the Feast Day of St Adalbert (Voitech ...

Article: George runs with the big dogs: Cockeysville pet competes ...
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  February 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 14--NEW YORK -- Champion mastiff George Bailee rests his massive head in a pool ... the Cockeysville mastiff stir. "Good George," says Larry Wolfe to the 215-pound ... How beautiful!" a bystander gasps. George, naturally, doesn't react, but Wolfe ...

Article: GEORGE'S FAMILY ANGUISH; EXCLUSIVE AS DANCER CELEBRATES, ...
The People (London, England);  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... night's Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson can be revealed today. The 14 ... love battle between his warring parents. George's world was torn apart five years ago ... According to his mum's side of the family, George has not spoken to his dad for two years ...

Article: George won't settle down..he'd rather be with his pig and ...
The Mirror (London, England);  March 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... as Talia Balsam found out, marriage to George Clooney comes with a lot of unwelcome ... in 1992, after just three years, with George, then 31, vowing never to tie the knot ... alone. As actress Talia explains: "George spent more time with his friends than ...