Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield

Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (15 August 1825 – 7 January 1892), known as Viscount Anson from 1831 to 1854, was a British politician from the Anson family.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Lichfield
Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire
In office
1863–1871
Preceded byThe Lord Hatherton
Succeeded byThe Lord Wrottesley
Member of Parliament for Lichfield
In office
1847–1854
Serving with Lord Alfred Paget
Preceded byLord Alfred Paget
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn
Succeeded byLord Alfred Paget
The Lord Waterpark
Personal details
Born15 August 1825 (1825-08-15)
Died7 January 1892 (1892-01-08) (aged 66)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton
​
(
m. 1855; his death 1892)
RelationsGeorge Anson (uncle)
Children13
ParentsThomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Louisa Catherine Philips
ResidenceShugborough Hall
Alma materEton College

Early life
Arms of the Anson family, Earls of Lichfield.[1]

Lichfield was the eldest of four sons and four daughters born to Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and his wife Louisa Catherine (née Philips).[2] Among his siblings was Augustus Anson, a soldier who received the Victoria Cross, and Adelbert John Robert Anson, a clergyman who served as Bishop of Qu'Apelle in Canada.[3]

His paternal grandparents were Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, and his wife Anne Margaret, daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. His paternal uncle was Major-General the Hon. George Anson. His maternal grandfather was Nathaniel Philips.[3]

He was educated at Eton College, in Windsor, England.[4]

Career

Between 1846 and 1847, Viscount Anson was with the Foreign Office. He was returned to Parliament for Lichfield in 1847, a seat he held until 1854, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He also succeeded as the 3rd Baron Soberton and the 4th Viscount Anson.[4]

From 1863 to 1871, he also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

His seat was Shugborough Hall. In 1876, his Staffordshire estates amounted to 21,433 acres.[5]

Personal life
Graves of the 2nd Earl of Lichfield and his wife (right) and one of their daughters (left) at St Stephen's Church churchyard, Great Haywood

On 10 April 1855, Lord Lichfield married Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (the eldest daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Lady Georgiana Gordon, and the sister of Prime Minister John Russell, 1st Earl Russell). Together, they were the parents of nine sons and four daughters:[2]

Lord Lichfield died in January 1892, aged 66, and was buried at St Stephen's Church in Great Haywood.[10] He was succeeded as Earl of Lichfield by his eldest son Thomas.[6] Lady Lichfield died in 1913.

Notes
  1. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 34. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. Stirling, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pickering (1908). Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl of Leicester of Holkham, Containing an Account of His Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services & Private Friendships & Including Many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of His Day, English & American. J. Lane. pp. 527–529. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. thepeerage.com Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
  4. of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 919. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. The Acre-ocracy of England Basil Montagu Pickering (1876) Google Books
  6. "EARL OF LICHFIELD DEAD. Body Found on His Estate--Death Probably Accidental" (PDF). The New York Times. 31 July 1918. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. "ACTRESS MARRIES SON OF EARL OF LICHFIELD; Miss Louise Van Wagenen, Smith Graduate, Weds William Anson, Texas Ranch Owner" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 July 1917. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  8. "CAPT. ALFRED ANSON; Seventh Son of the Second Earl of Lichfield Dies at 68" (PDF). The New York Times. 25 March 1944. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. "MRS. J. J. EMERY MARRIES; Widow Weds Hon. Alfred Anson In St. Bartholomew's Chapel" (PDF). The New York Times. 2 July 1912. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  10. Memorial Inscriptions of Great Haywood, Staffordshire: St Stephen's Churchyard, accessed 1 October 2012
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References
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Alfred Paget
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn		 Member of Parliament for Lichfield
1847–1854
With: Lord Alfred Paget		 Succeeded by
Lord Alfred Paget
The Lord Waterpark
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Hatherton		 Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire
1863–1871		 Succeeded by
The Lord Wrottesley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas William Anson		 Earl of Lichfield
1854–1892		 Succeeded by
Thomas Francis Anson

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