Earl of Lichfield

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Coat of arms of the Earls of Lichfield (1831)

Earl of Lichfield is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the city of Lichfield in England. It was previously awarded twice in the Peerage of England .

Awards

First award

The title was awarded a total of three times. It was first awarded on December 10, 1645 during the English Civil War by King Charles II to Charles Stewart , whose family had supported the king in many civil war battles. Together with the Earldom he was awarded the subordinate title of Baron Stuart of Newbury . Both titles belonged to the Peerage of England.

In 1660 he inherited the titles 6th Duke of Lennox and 3rd Duke of Richmond from his uncle (along with subordinate titles). However, all his titles were extinguished on December 12, 1672, when he drowned in Denmark, where he was staying as the English ambassador, without leaving any male offspring.

Second award

Two years later, on June 5, 1674, the title was recreated in the Peerage of England for Sir Edward Lee, 5th Baronet , who was married to Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of the king from the relationship with Barbara Villiers . Together with the Earldom he was awarded the subordinate titles Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury . In 1664 he had inherited the title of Baronet , of Quarendon in the County of Buckingham , which had been bestowed on one of his ancestors in the Baronetage of England in 1611.

The titles expired on November 3, 1776 when his youngest son, the 4th Earl, died without children.

The family seat of the Earls of this award was Ditchley House near Charlbury in Oxfordshire .

Third award

In 1806 the great-nephew of the famous admiral and naval war theorist George Anson was given the title Viscount Anson .

In the third award, the title was awarded on September 15, 1831 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, on the occasion of the coronation of King William IV , to Thomas Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson . As early as 1818 he had inherited the subordinate titles Viscount Anson , of Shugborough and Orgrave in the Couny of Suffolk , and Baron Soberton , of Soberton in the County of Southampton , which on February 17, 1806 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom his father had been awarded. Today's title holder has been his great-great-great-great-grandson Thomas Anson as 6th Earl since 2005 .

The eldest son of the respective earl carries the courtesy title Viscount Anson as the title heir ( heir apparent ) .

The Earls' family seat is Shugborough Hall in Great Haywood , Staffordshire , some 20 km east of Lichfield.

List of the Earls of Lichfield and Viscounts Anson

Earls of Lichfield, first bestowal (1645)

Earls of Lichfield, second bestowal (1674)

Viscounts Anson (1806)

Earls of Lichfield, third bestowal (1831)

The heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current Earl, Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson (* 2011).

literature

  • Charles Kidd, Christine Shaw (eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2008. Debrett's, Richmond 2007, ISBN 1870520807 , pp. 856 ff.

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