Over time, several members of the Anson family were made knights, baronets and peers.

In 1773, on the death of his uncle Thomas Anson, a brother of Admiral Lord Anson, he succeeded to the substantial estates accumulated by his uncles, including Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire.

He was a landowner and Whig politician who served as Master of the Buckhounds from 1830 to 1834 and as Postmaster General from 1835 to 1841.

The titles associated with the earldom of Lichfield continued to descend from father to son until the death of the 4th Earl in 1960.

[3] The family seat of the Anson baronets is Birch Hall in the County of Lancaster.

Many family members are buried a short distance from Shugborough Hall: Admiral Lord Anson, the 1st Earl of Lichfield and others are buried at St Michael and All Angels Church in Colwich.