Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield

[2] Among his siblings was Augustus Anson, a soldier who received the Victoria Cross, and Adelbert John Robert Anson, a clergyman who served as Bishop of Qu'Apelle in Canada.

[4] On 16 November 1844, aged 19, he was commissioned as the Captain of the Lichfield Troop of the part-time Staffordshire Yeomanry, commanded by his father.

[6] On 10 April 1855, Lord Lichfield married Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (the eldest daughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Lady Georgiana Gordon, and the sister of Prime Minister John Russell, 1st Earl Russell).

Together, they were the parents of nine sons and four daughters:[2] Lord Lichfield died in January 1892, aged 66, and was buried at St Stephen's Church in Great Haywood.

[11] He was succeeded as Earl of Lichfield by his eldest son Thomas.

Arms of the Anson family, Earls of Lichfield. [ 1 ]
Graves of the 2nd Earl of Lichfield and his wife (right) and one of their daughters (left) at St Stephen's Church churchyard, Great Haywood