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.
On 16 November 1844, aged 19, he was commissioned as the Captain of the Lichfield Troop of the part-time Staffordshire Yeomanry, commanded by his father. He remained with the regiment into the early 1860s.[5]
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]
Hon. William Anson (1872–1926), who was educated at Monkton Combe School, emigrated to Texas in 1890 and became a rancher. He was naturalised in 1902 and married actress Louisa van Wagenen in 1917.[8] He died in 1926.
Lady Evelyn Anson (1873–1895), who did not marry.[2]
Lord Lichfield died in January 1892, aged 66, and was buried at St Stephen's Church in Great Haywood.[11] He was succeeded as Earl of Lichfield by his eldest son Thomas.[7] Lady Lichfield died in 1913.
Notes
^Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 34.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l mStirling, 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of Holkham, Containing an Account of His Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services & Private Friendships & Including Many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of His Day, English & American.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.
^ a bthepeerage.com Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
^ a bof), 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Capt P.C.G. Webster, The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry, Lichfield: Lomax, 1870; Appendix.
^The Acre-ocracy of England Basil Montagu Pickering (1876) Google Books
^ a b"EARL OF LICHFIELD DEAD. Body Found on His Estate--Death Probably Accidental" (PDF). The New York Times. 31 July 1918. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
^"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.
^"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.
^"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.
^Memorial Inscriptions of Great Haywood, Staffordshire: St Stephen's Churchyard, accessed 1 October 2012
References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.