Q:Facts: - branch: 23px british army - battles: crimean war indian mutiny second anglo-chinese war - death date: 17 november 1877 -lrb- aged 42 -rrb- - relations: thomas -rrb- anson , 1st earl of lichfield -lrb- father - rank: lieutenant-colonel - placeofburial: cimetiere du grand jas , cannes - awards: victoria cross - birth date: 5 march 1835 - serviceyears: retired 1873 - name: augustus anson - image size: 300px - unit: 84th regiment of foot 7th hussars - image: augustus anson vc iwm q 80462.jpg - death place: cannes , france - laterwork: member of parliament - birth place: slebech hall , haverfordwest , pembrokeshire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of augustus anson .
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lieutenant-colonel the honourable augustus henry archibald anson vc mp -lrb- 5 march 1835 -- 17 november 1877 -rrb- 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 was member of parliament for lichfield from 1859 until 1868 and for bewdley from 1869 to 1874 .