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Anson County was named in honor of British Admiral Lord George Anson, a First Lord of the Admiralty. He commanded the vessel which brought Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Germany, to her future husband King George III.

In 1750, Anson County was formed from Bladen County. At that time, it reached all the way to the Mississippi River. Although it has been cut in physical size five times since then, the people of the county have enabled its presence to reach beyond the Mississippi to the far corners of the world.

Lord George Anson (1697-1762)

George Anson is widely credited as father of the British Navy as we see it today. The Navy was essential in the expansion of the British empire and the successful control of colonies, trading routes and strategically important parts of the globe.

George Anson was the second Englishman after Sir Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe in an epic military undertaking against the Spanish from 1740-44. Anson joined the navy at the young age of 14 in 1712 and quickly rose through the ranks to become Captain at the age of 25.
– National Trust / John Hammond

Victory!

On 20 June 1743 Anson achieved his most notable victory, intercepting and attacking a Manila galleon, the Nuestra Señora de Covadonga that was sailing between Acapulco and the Philippines heavily laden with silver. Anson captured the ship which he later sold to the Dutch, along with 1,313,843 pieces of eight and 35,682 ounces of virgin silver then valued at £400,000. This is the equivalent to around £35 million in today’s figures, of which he was entitled to a staggering £13,125,000. The treasure was so immense that it was to ensure not only the success of the voyage but his own fortune and that of his brother at Shugborough.

Trafalgar: The Legacy of George Anson