Name Thomas 1st | Role Politician | |
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Died July 31, 1818, St James's, United Kingdom | ||
Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 1767 – 31 July 1818) was a British politician and peer from the Anson family.
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Background and career
Thomas Anson was born 14 February 1767, the first son of George Anson (1731–1789) of Shugborough and Mary Vernon, the daughter of George Venables Vernon. 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.
He was the brother of Mary Anson (born 1759), who married Sir Francis Ford, 1st Baronet in 1785. Thomas's brothers included army generals Sir George Anson and Sir William Anson.
He was educated in Eton College in 1779 and Oriel College, Oxford in 1784.
On his father's death in 1789, Thomas Anson succeeded him as member of parliament (MP) for Lichfield and held the post until 17 February 1806, when he was succeeded by his brother, George. On leaving the Commons on 17 February 1806, Anson was created Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, Co. Stafford and Baron Soberton, of Soberton, Co. Southampton, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Marriage and children
On 15 September 1794, Anson married Lady Anne Coke, the daughter of the 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham.
They had thirteen children:
Death
He died on 31 July 1818. His papers and correspondence are held at the Staffordshire County Record Office of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service.