Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Politician
1795 – 1854
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Who was Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield?
Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC, previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as Master of the Buckhounds between 1830 and 1834 and under Melbourne Postmaster General between 1835 and 1841. His gambling and lavish entertaining got him heavily into debt and he was forced to sell off the entire contents of his Shugborough Hall estate.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1795
- Spouses
- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Died
- Mar 18, 1854
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on July 23, 2013
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