Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield

The Right Honourable The Earl of Lichfield PC
Master of the Buckhounds
In office 24 November 1830 – 14 November 1834
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Lord Maryborough
Succeeded by	The Earl of Chesterfield
Postmaster General
In office 22 May 1835 – 30 August 1841
Monarchs	William IV Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Marquess Conyngham
Succeeded by	Viscount Lowther
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth
In office 1818–1819 Serving with Charles Edmund Rumbold
Preceded by	Edmund Knowles Lacon William Loftus
Succeeded by	Charles Rumbold Hon. George Anson
Personal details
Born	20 October 1795 (1795-10-20)
Died	18 March 1854 (1854-03-19) (aged 58)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Louisa Philips (d. 1879)
Children	8, including Thomas and Augustus
Parent(s)	Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson Lady Anne Margaret Coke
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC (20 October 1795 – 18 March 1854), previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as Master of the Buckhounds between 1830 and 1834 and under Melbourne Postmaster General between 1835 and 1841. His gambling and lavish entertaining got him heavily into debt and he was forced to sell off the entire contents of his Shugborough Hall estate.