Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson 1840-1909

On 11th February 1819 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 23] and [his mother] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 19] were married.

On 20th December 1840 Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson was born to Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 45] and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 40]. He was educated at Eton College [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 29th August 1843 Francis Richard Charteris 10th Earl of Wemyss [aged 25] and [his sister] Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 47] and [his mother] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 43]. He the son of Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss [aged 47] and Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss [aged 45].

On 7th June 1851 Augustus Henry Vernon 6th Baron Vernon [aged 22] and Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 55] and [his mother] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 51]. They were third cousins.

On 18th March 1854 Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 58] died. His son Thomas [aged 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 [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn [aged 44] and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn [aged 42]. He the son of [his father] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield and [his mother] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 55].

On 31st May 1866 George Venables-Vernon aka Warren 5th Baron Vernon [aged 62] died in Gibralta. His son Augustus [aged 37] succeeded 6th Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.

Between 1875 and 1883 Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson [aged 34] was Rector of St Mary Magdalene Church, Woolwich.

On 20th August 1879 [his mother] Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield [aged 79] died in Hill Street.

On 1st January 1883 Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss [aged 86] died. His son Francis [aged 64] succeeded 10th Earl Wemyss, 3rd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. [his sister] Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss [aged 59] by marriage Countess Wemyss.

On 24th June 1884 Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson [aged 43] was consecrated Bishop of Bishop of Qu'Appelle in Canada by Archbishop of Canterbury at St Mary at Lambeth Church, Surrey [Map].

In or after 1892 Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson [aged 51] was appointed Master of St John's Hospital, Lichfield, until 1898.

On 7th January 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield [aged 66] died. His son Thomas [aged 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 [aged 38] by marriage Countess Lichfield.

On 22nd July 1896 [his sister] Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss [aged 73] died.

On 15th February 1898 Harriet Frances Maria Anson Baroness Vernon [aged 70] died.

On 27th May 1909 Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson [aged 68] died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map].

After 27th May 1909. Grave of Bishop Adelbert John Robert Anson [deceased] at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map].