Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 1767 – 31 July 1818) was a British politician and peer from the Anson family.
The Right Honourable The Viscount Anson | |
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 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 | |
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| Born | Thomas Adams 14 February 1767 |
| Died | 31 July 1818 (aged 51) |
| Nationality | British |
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| Children | 13, including Thomas and George |
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Background and career
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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]
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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
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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]
- Hon. Thomas William Anson (1795–1854), who became 1st Earl of Lichfield.
- Hon. Anna Margaret Anson (3 Oct 1796 – 19 Aug 1882), married the 4th Earl of Rosebery.
- Hon. George Anson (1797–1857)
- Hon. Charles Littleton Anson (1799–1812, killed by an exploding gun aboard HMS Bacchante)
- Hon. William Anson (26 Feb 1801 – 19 Oct 1830)
- Georgiana Anson (b. and d. 1802)
- Hon. Henry Anson (15 May 1804 – May 1827)
- Edward Anson (21 Jun 1805 – died an infant)
- Hon. Georgiana Anson (3 Jan 1807 – 1821)
- Hon. Edward Harcourt Anson (1808–1817)
- Hon. Frances Elizabeth Anson (9 Jan 1810 – 25 Dec 1899), married (1) Hon. Charles Murray, a son of the 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, (2) Ambrose Isted.
- Hon. Frederica Sophia (24 Aug 1814 – 11 Oct 1867), married Hon. Bouverie Francis Primrose, second son of the 4th Earl of Rosebery.
- Their children included Henry William Primrose (1846–1923) who became chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue from 1899 to 1907.
- Hon. Elizabeth Jane Anson (26 Feb 1816 – 15 Sep 1894), married the 3rd Baron Waterpark.
Death
editHe 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sir Francis Ford 2nd Bart". Legacies of British-slave ownership. Universerity College of London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anson, Thomas (1767-1818) 1st Viscount Anson (D 615 P)". National Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.