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Earl Lichfield is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
Earl Lichfield (1st Creation)
Earl Lichfield is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
On 10th December 1645 Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 6) was created 1st Earl Lichfield, 1st Baron Stuart.
In December 1672 Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 33) drowned at Elsinor. Duke Lennox, Duke Richmond, Earl March, Earl Lichfield, Baron Stuart extinct. His sister Katherine (age 32) succeeded 7th Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
Earl Lichfield (2nd Creation)
Earl Lichfield is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
1st: Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield. Died 1716. Son
2nd: George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield. Died 1743. Son
3rd: George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield. Died 1772. Uncle.
4th: Robert Lee 4th Earl Lichfield. Died 1776. Extinct.
In 1674 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 10) was created 1st Earl Lichfield as a consequence of his being betrothed to Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 9), a natural daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43).
On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 14) and Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 36). He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 14th July 1716 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 53) died. His son George (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 6th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 19) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 15th February 1743 George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 52) died at Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. His son George (age 24) succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 7th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield (age 24) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 19th September 1772 George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 54) died. His uncle Robert (age 66) succeeded 4th Earl Lichfield, 8th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
On 3rd November 1776 Robert Lee 4th Earl Lichfield (age 70) died without issue. Earl Lichfield and Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire extinct.
Earl Lichfield (3rd Creation)
Earl Lichfield is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
1st: Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield. Died 1854. Son
2nd: Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield. Died 1892. Son
3rd: Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield. Died 1918. Son
4th: Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield. Died 1960. Grandson.
5th: Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield. Died 2005. Son
On 8th September 1831 King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 66) was crowned IV King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 63) attended as Deputy Earl Marshal as a result of Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard being ill.
Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 35) was created 1st Earl Lichfield. Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 31) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 18th March 1854 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 58) died. His son Thomas (age 28) succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 3rd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 3rd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire
On 10th April 1855 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 29) and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 44) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 42). He the son of Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 55).
On 7th January 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 66) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 4th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 4th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 38) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 29th July 1918 Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 62) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map]. His son Thomas (age 34) succeeded 4th Earl Lichfield, 5th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 5th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 31) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 23rd February 1939 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Violet Margaret Dawson-Greene Countess Lichfield were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. He the son of Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield and Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 85).
On 14th September 1960 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 76) died. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Heywood [Map]. His grandson Thomas (age 21) succeeded 5th Earl Lichfield, 6th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 6th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] passed to the National Trust in lieu of death duties.
On 8th March 1975 Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield (age 35) and Leonora Mary Grosvenor Countess Lichfield (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the daughter of Robert George Grosvenor 5th Duke Westminster (age 64) and Viola Maud Lyttelton Duchess Westminster (age 62). They were sixth cousins.
On 11th November 2005 Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield (age 66) died at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. His son Thomas (age 27) succeeded 6th Earl Lichfield, 7th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 7th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire.
In December 2009 Thomas Anson 6th Earl of Lichfield (age 31) and Henrietta Conyngham Countess Lichfield were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the daughter of Henry Vivien Conyngham 8th Marquess Conyngham (age 58) and Iona Charlotte Grimston (age 56). He the son of Thomas Patrick John Anson 5th Earl Lichfield and Leonora Mary Grosvenor Countess Lichfield (age 60).