Editing Anthony Stransham (section)

{{Short description|British general (1805–1900)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name          = Anthony Blaxland Stransham
| image         = Anthony Blaxland Stransham.jpg
| caption       = Sir Anthony Stransham in June 1896
| birth_name    = Anthony Blaxland Stransham
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1805|12|22|df=yes}}
| death_date    = 6 October 1900 (aged 94)
| birth_place   = [[Antingham]], [[Norfolk]], England
| death_place   = [[Ealing, London]], England
| placeofburial = 
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch        = [[Royal Marines]]
| serviceyears  = 1823–1875
| rank          = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
| servicenumber = 
| unit          = 
| commands      = 
| battles       = [[Greek War of Independence]]
* [[Battle of Navarino]]
[[First Opium War]]<br/>[[Crimean War]]
| awards        = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
}}
[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Anthony Blaxland Stransham''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}} (22 December 1805 – 6 October 1900) was a senior [[British Empire|British]] officer in the [[Royal Marines]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary   |work=[[The Times]] |date=8 October 1900 |page= 9}}</ref> He was one of the navy generals of the attack in [[Battle of Canton (May 1841)|The Battle of Canton]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military |url=https://trunchhistory.weebly.com/military.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Trunch History |language=en}}</ref> which was a British victory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First China War {{!}} National Army Museum |url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/first-china-war-1839-1842 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.nam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>