Arms of Anson: Argent, three bends engrailed and in the sinister chief point a crescent gules
Creation date
15 September 1831
Creation
Third
Created by
King William IV
Peerage
Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder
Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Present holder
Thomas Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield
Heir apparent
Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson
Subsidiary titles
Viscount Anson Baron Soberton
Status
Extant
Motto
NIL DESPERANDUM (Despair of nothing)
Quartered arms borne by Anson, Earl of Lichfield: Quarterly of 4: 1: Argent, three bends engrailed and in the sinister chief point a crescent gules (Anson); 2: Ermine, three cats-a-mountain passant guardant in pale sable (Adams); 3: Azure, three salmon naiant in pale per pale or and argent (Sambrooke); 4: Sable, a bend or between three spearheads argent (Carrier). Crests: 1: Out of a ducal coronet or, a spearhead proper; 2: A Greyhound's head erased ermines gorged with a collar double gemelle or. Supporters: dexter: A sea horse proper gorged with a collar double gemelle or; sinister: A lion guardant proper gorged with a collar double gemelle or
Earl of Lichfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England (1645 and 1674) and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1831). The third creation is extant and is held by a member of the Anson family.
EarlofLichfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England (1645 and 1674) and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
Anson, 5th EarlofLichfield (1939–2005). The Anson family is descended from George Anson (1731-1789), a Member of Parliament for Lichfield from 1770 to...
family. She was a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and sister of Patrick Anson, 5th EarlofLichfield. The Honourable Elizabeth Georgiana Anson...
ancestor of the EarlsofLichfield. The estate remained in the Anson family for three centuries. Following the death of the 4th EarlofLichfield in 1960, the...
children, Patrick Anson, 5th EarlofLichfield, and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, before divorcing Anson in 1948. She became a princess of Denmark by her second...
Lichfield (/ˈlɪtʃfiːld/) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Stafford...
Duke of Somerset 1685–1688: Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earlof Ailesbury 1685–1688: Edward Lee, 1st EarlofLichfield 1685–1688: Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort...
example being Lady Gwendoline Anson, born c. 1837, a daughter of the 1st EarlofLichfield), and Gwendolen appeared in Daniel Deronda, written by George...
the site of a Roman villa. Later it became a royal hunting ground, and then the property of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley. The 2nd EarlofLichfield built the...
This is a list of the 189 present and extant earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does...
was the seventh son of Thomas Anson, 2nd EarlofLichfield and Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. Her maternal...
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