Thomas William Anson 1st Earl of Lichfield

1795 - 1854

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

MP (briefly) for Great Yarmouth, and husband of Louisa Catherine, daughter of Nathaniel Phillips of Slebech (q.v.) who left her £10,000 at 21 or at marriage. Counterclaimed for the compensation for the enslaved people on Lear's in Barbados as one of a group of trustees (including his mother the Viscountess Anson and his uncle Sir George Anson) of the marriage settlement of Sir Francis Ford bart. and Lichfield's aunt Mary Anson of 1785. His role must have flowed from his father, Thomas 1st Viscount Anson (d. 1818).


Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/anson-hon-thomas-william-1795-1854


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Louisa Catherine Phillips

Associated Claims (1)

£6,956 0s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Trustee)

Legacies Summary

Political (1)

MP
 
election →
Great Yarmouth Norfolk
1818

Relationships (6)

Son → Mother
Nephew → Uncle
First Cousins
Nephew → Uncle
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Notes →
Thomas William Anson married Louisa Catherine, the daughter of Nathaniel Phillips in 1819, several years after Nathaniel Phillips'...
Brother-in-laws