The Henson Journals

William Reynell Anson

William Anson (1843-1914; ODNB), 3rd baronet (1873), (first lay) warden, All Souls Coll., Oxford, 1881-1914. Balliol Coll., Oxford; fellow, All Souls Coll., Oxford, 1867; MP (U) Oxford Univ., 1899-1914; parliamentary secretary, board of education, 1902-5; barrister and distinguished legal scholar whose publications include Law and custom of the constitution (3 vols, 1886-1908); chairman of council, Oxford House, 1894-1914; father figure for Henson, who in tribute published Memoir of the Right Honourable Sir William Anson (1920).

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See also Anson sisters,