Born in England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anne (Anson) Lloyd, Mary (Anson) Ford, George Anson MP, William Anson Baronet, Edward Anson, Sambrooke Anson, Frederick Anson and Catherine Juliana Anson
Husband of
Anne Margaret (Coke) Anson
— married
15 Sep 1794 in Holkham, Norfolk, England
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas William Anson, Anne Margaret (Anson) Primrose, George Anson MP, Charles Littleton Anson, William Anson, Georgiana Anson, Edward Anson, Georgiana Anson, Edward Harcourt Anson, Frances Elizabeth (Anson) Isted, Fredrica Sophia (Anson) Primrose and Elizabeth Jane (Anson) Cavendish
Died
at age 51
in St. James's Square, St. James's, London, England.
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Thomas Adams was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Biography
Thomas (Adams) Anson MP is Notable.
Born on the 14th of February 1767, Thomas Adams was son of George Adams and his wife, Mary Venables-Vernon. [1][2] On the 30th of April 1773 his Surname was changed to Anson. [2] He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. [1]
He was first returned to Parliament as member for Lichfield at a by-election in 1789. [3] Thereafter he took the seat on his own account in 1790,1796 and 1802. [4]
On the 15th of September 1794 At Holkam in Norfolk, he married Anne Margaret Coke, [5] daughter of Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester of Holkham in Norfolk, [1] and his wife, Jane Dutton. [2]They were parents of 6 sons and 4 daughters. [1] Thepeerage.com says 7 sons and 6 daughters citing several different sources. [2]
Thomas was created Viscount Anson on the 17th of February 1806. [1]
He died on the 31st of July 1818 [1] and was buried at Shugborough in Staffordshire on the 10th of August. [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 History of Parliament online: ANSON, Thomas (1767-1818), of Shugborough, Staffs
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Thepeerage.com: Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson Cites: G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 173
- ↑ History of Parliament online 1754-1790: Lichfield
- ↑ History of Parliament online 1790-1820: Lichfield
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFSN-147 : 12 February 2018), Thomas Anson and Anne Margaret Coke, 15 Sep 1794; citing Holkham, Norfolk, England, reference 8, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,526,887
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Kirk Hess
LNAB was Adams, On 30 April 1773 his name was legally changed to Thomas Anson.
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