Biography of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield 1795-1854

On 15th September 1794 [his father] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson [aged 27] and [his mother] Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson [aged 15] were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 40] and [his grandmother] Jane Dutton [aged 40].

On 20th October 1795 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield was born to [his father] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson [aged 28] and [his mother] Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson [aged 16]. He was baptised at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map]. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.

In June 1818 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 22] was elected MP Great Yarmouth for the Whig party which seat he held for one month since he succeeded his father on 31 Jul 1818.

On 31st July 1818 [his father] Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson [aged 51] died. His son Thomas [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 2nd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire.

In 1819 [his brother-in-law] Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery [aged 35] and [his sister] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery [aged 66].

On 11th February 1819 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 23] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 19] were married.

On or before 7th December 1819, the date she was baptised, [his daughter] Louisa Mary Ann Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 24] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 19]. She married Edward King-Tenison of Kilronan Castle in Roscommon and had issue.

On 22nd February 1823 [his daughter] Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 27] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 23]. She married 29th August 1843 Francis Richard Charteris 10th Earl of Wemyss, son of Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss and Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss, and had issue.

On 15th August 1825 [his son] Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 29] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 25]. He married 10th April 1855 Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield, daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn, and had issue.

On 26th December 1827 [his daughter] Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 32] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 27]. She married 7th June 1851 her third cousin Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon, son of George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon and Isabella Caroline Ellison, and had issue.

On 1st August 1833 [his son] William Victor Leopold Horatio Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 37] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 33].

On 5th March 1835 [his son] Captain Augustus Henry Archibald Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 39] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 35].

In 1837 [his brother-in-law] Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark [aged 43] and [his sister] Elizabeth Jane Anson Baroness Waterpark [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Waterpark. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

Before 12th November 1837 [his daughter] Gwendoline Isabella Anna Maria Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 42] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 37].

On 9th May 1839 [his brother-in-law] Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford [aged 27] and [his sister] Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford [aged 29] were married.

On 20th December 1840 [his son] Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 45] and [his wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 40]. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.

In 1842 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 46] was compelled to sell the contents of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] in a two-week-long sale to repay his debts.

On 23rd May 1843 [his mother] Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson [aged 64] died.

On 29th August 1843 [his son-in-law] Francis Richard Charteris 10th Earl of Wemyss [aged 25] and Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 47] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 43]. He the son of Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss [aged 47] and Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss [aged 45].

Adeline Horsey Recollections. We usually spent Christmas at Beaudesert, Lord Anglesey's [aged 75] lovely old place. We were always a merry party, and we dined in the large hall, which is one of the chief features of the house. Lord Anglesey was very fond of me, and used to write to me as "My dear Prima Donna!" Some of the friends staying at Beaudesert were Lord [aged 38] and Lady Sydney [aged 33], Lord [aged 52] and Lady Winchilsea, Lord [aged 25] and Lady Desart [aged 22], Lord Anson [aged 48], Lord Ward, M. and Madame Dietrichstein, and the Duke of Northumberland [aged 51], then Lord Percy. In 1846 I was bridesmaid to Lady Constance Paget [aged 20], who married Lord Winchilsea [aged 28]; and my great friend, Florence Paget [aged 1], afterwards married the last Marquis of Hastings [aged 1].

Adeline Horsey Recollections. Lady Victoria Talbot [aged 12], who was staying at Gopsall, was very much in love with Lord Anson [aged 48], and was always trying to make a sketch of him. I got tired of seeing impressions of the Anson profile, full face, three-quarter face, lying about as thick as leaves in Vallambrosa; but Lady Victoria went on blissfully sketching, until one morning her mother [aged 36] discovered the work of the love-smitten amateur artist. "Who did these .'" she demanded, thinking somebody was Anson mad. Lady Victoria apparently dreaded confession, for the Countess seemed by her manner to consider sketching young men rather a fast proceeding. Lady Victoria cast an appealing glance at me - "Miss de Horsey did them, mamma!" I accepted the lie, and after that the Anson sketching mania died a natural death.

On 7th June 1851 [his son-in-law] Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon [aged 22] and Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 55] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 51]. They were third cousins.

On 18th March 1854 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 58] died. His son Thomas [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 3rd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 3rd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire

On 20th August 1879 [his former wife] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 79] died in Hill Street.