The Right Honourable
The Viscount Anson
Thomas Anson (1767–1818), after T. Phillips, by 1886. Member of Parliament.
Member of Parliament for Lichfield
In office
1789–1806
Serving with Sir John Wrottesley
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
Thomas Adams

(1767-02-14)14 February 1767
Died31 July 1818(1818-07-31) (aged 51)
NationalityBritish
Spouse
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(m. 1794)​
Children13, including Thomas and George
Parents

Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 1767 – 31 July 1818) was a British politician and peer from the Anson family.

Background and career

Shugborough Hall, seats of Earls of Lichfield, Viscount Anson.

Thomas Anson was born 14 February 1767, the first son of George Anson, of Shugborough and Mary Vernon, the daughter of George Venables Vernon.[1] The family's surname was Adams until 1773, when his father inherited the Anson estates upon the death of his maternal uncles and his unmarried older brother, Thomas.[2]

He was the brother of Mary Anson (born 1759), who married Sir Francis Ford, 1st Baronet, in 1785.[3] Thomas's brothers included army generals Sir George Anson and Sir William Anson.[2]

He was educated at Eton College in 1779 and Oriel College, Oxford, in 1784.[1]

Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson, Thomas William Anson, Anne Margaret Anson, and George Anson, as Children, Shugborough Hall, National Trust

On his father's death in 1789, Thomas Anson succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Lichfield, which he represented until 17 February 1806,[1] when he was succeeded by his brother, George. On leaving the House of Commons on 17 February 1806, Anson was created Viscount Anson,[1][4] of Shugborough and Orgrave, Co. Stafford, and Baron Soberton, of Soberton, Co. Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[4]

Marriage and children

Viscount Anson's memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church in Colwich

On 15 September 1794, Anson married Lady Anne Coke, the daughter of the 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham.[1]

They had thirteen children:[2]

Their children included Henry William Primrose (1846–1923) who became chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue from 1899 to 1907.

Death

He died on 31 July 1818.[1] His papers and correspondence are held at the Staffordshire County Record Office of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f E. A. Smith. "Anson, Thomas (1767-1818)". History of Parliament Online, Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c John Debrett (1840). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. pp. 447–448.
  3. ^ "Sir Francis Ford 2nd Bart". Legacies of British-slave ownership. Universerity College of London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b William Dyott (1907). Dyott's diary, 1781-1845: a selection from the journal of William Dyott, sometime general in the British army and aide-de-camp to His Majesty King George III. A. Constable. p. 296.
  5. ^ "Anson, Thomas (1767-1818) 1st Viscount Anson (D 615 P)". National Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byThomas GilbertGeorge Anson Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1789–1801 With: Thomas Gilbert 1768–95, Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 1795–99, Sir John Wrottesley from 1799 Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byParliament of Great Britain Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1801–1806 With: Sir John Wrottesley Succeeded bySir John WrottesleySir George Anson Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Viscount Anson 1806–1818 Succeeded byThomas Anson
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