Thomas William Anson, first earl of Lichfield

(1795-1854)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Anson, Thomas William (1795-1854) 1st Earl of Lichfield LBT ID: LdLichf1	B/BAP: 1795-10-20 DIED: 1854-03-18
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Of Shugborough Hall; he succeeded his father as viscount in 1818 and was Postmaster General from 1835 to 1841. He was a sportsman and a gambler.
REFERENCES TO Thomas William Anson, first earl of Lichfield: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 30 May 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 13 ¶ 23 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. XII: 1834