Earl of Lichfield

Earldom of Lichfield
Arms of the Earl of Lichfield
Arms of Anson: Argent, three bends engrailed and in the sinister chief point a crescent gules
Creation date15 September 1831
CreationThird
Created byKing William IV
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderThomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Present holderThomas Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield
Heir apparentThomas Anson, Viscount Anson
Subsidiary titlesViscount Anson
Baron Soberton
StatusExtant
MottoNIL DESPERANDUM
(Despair of nothing)
Quartered arms borne by Anson, Earl of Lichfield: Quarterly of 4: 1: Argent, three bends engrailed and in the sinister chief point a crescent gules (Anson); 2: Ermine, three cats-a-mountain passant guardant in pale sable (Adams); 3: Azure, three salmon naiant in pale per pale or and argent (Sambrooke); 4: Sable, a bend or between three spearheads argent (Carrier). Crests: 1: Out of a ducal coronet or, a spearhead proper; 2: A Greyhound's head erased ermines gorged with a collar double gemelle or. Supporters: dexter: A sea horse proper gorged with a collar double gemelle or; sinister: A lion guardant proper gorged with a collar double gemelle or

Earl of Lichfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England (1645 and 1674) and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1831). The third creation is extant and is held by a member of the Anson family.