“Viscount Valentia: The Unapologetic Exponent of Colonial Slavery”, The Dharma Dispatch, December 03, 2025

“BORN ON 4 DECEMBER 1770 as George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, Valentia’s aristocratic antecedents date back to Francis Annesley who was elevated to Baronhood in 1628 by King Charles I and became the 1st Viscount Valentia in 1642. 

George attended the Brasenose College at Oxford but dropped out in 1789 without taking a degree. Thirteen years later, he decided to travel the world perhaps to forget the aftershocks of a scandal he was embroiled in. 

His Voyages and Travels convey the impression that he led an active life punctuated by zest, adventure, curiosity, learning and politics. Later in life, he styled himself as Viscount Valentia and served as Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1808-10……”

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