Gerald Hanson

Sir Gerald Stanhope Hanson, 2nd Baronet was a British soldier and landowner.
Hanson was the son of former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Reginald Hanson. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he was a British Army captain before choosing life as a country gentleman. He succeeded to the baronetcy on 18 April 1905, on the death of his father.
Sir Gerald had a brother, Sir Francis Stanhope Hanson, who was a well known London merchant, and was created a Knight Bachelor in his own right in 1908. There were also two sisters.
Sir Gerald died on 18 January 1946, aged 78, and was succeeded by his son, Sir [Richard Hanson, 3rd Baronet|Sir Richard Leslie Reginald Hanson], 3rd Baronet. Sir Richard Hanson, like his uncle Sir Francis Hanson, was a member of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 of English Freemasonry.