Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson

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Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (14 February 176731 July 1818) was a British politician and peer.

Anson was the son of George Adams, who later changed the family name to Anson in 1773, after inheriting Shugborough Hall from his maternal uncle, Lord Anson. On his father's death in 1789, Anson succeeded him as MP for Lichfield and held the post until 1806, when he was succeeded by his brother, George. On leaving the Commons that year, Anson was created Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, Co. Stafford and Baron Soberton, of Soberton, Co. Southampton.

On 15 September 1794, Anson had married Lady Anne Coke (the second daughter of the 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham) and they had seven children:

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Gilbert
George Anson
Member for Lichfield
with Thomas Gilbert 1768–95,
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 1795–99,
Sir John Wrottesley, from 1799

1789–1801
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member for Lichfield
with Sir John Wrottesley

1801–1806
Succeeded by
Sir John Wrottesley
Sir George Anson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Viscount Anson
1806–1818
Succeeded by
Thomas Anson

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