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Meet the Neighbours - Shugborough Hall #80
Posted by Viv Wilson on 22nd May 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,History,Stately home,haunted house,Thomas Anson,Shugborough Hall,the Library,The aristocracy,Chinese,Earl of Lichfield,Patrick Lichfield,Photographer,Cannock Chase,Queen Victoria,Queen Mary,Titanic Brewery
...amount of money to his older brother when he died. This was used to further expand the house and estate.
The Admiral was created Lord Anson in 1747 and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1751 and it seems that he had a successful naval and political career. However he and his brother both died childless so the estate passed to their sister’s son, George Adams, who took on the surname of Anson by royal licence. This adopting of surnames was common among the aristocracy and also happened at Hoar Cross Hall when Emily Meynell died childless. Her brother took on the name of Meynell so as to keep the Meynell line going.
In 1806, George’s son, Thomas, was cr...