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The subsidiary titles of the present Earl of Lichfield are: Viscount Anson and Baron Soberton. Both are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and were created in 1806. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Earl is Viscount Anson.

Bernard Stewart, second son of Esme Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox was rewarded by King Charles I for his actions at the battles of Newbury and Naseby , and created baron Stuart of Newbury and Earl of Lichfield in 1644. Charles Stewart ( 1639- 1672), the son of Bernard's younger brother George, who had been killed at the battle of Edgehill , inherited the title upon his uncle's death on September 26, 1645 soon after the battle of Rowton Heath . Charles' cousin, who held the titles of Duke of Richmond and Earl of Lennox through the 1st Duke of Lennox's eldest son James, died aged 11 in 1660 with Charles as his heir. He married the celebrated beauty and former mistress of King Charles II, Frances Teresa Stuart . In disgrace with the king, Charles was sent into exile as ambassador to Denmark, where he drowned in December 12, 1672. All of the English and Scottish titles that had been bestowed upon the male heirs became extinct.

In 1674Events February 19 England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York May 21 John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of, King Charles II created Sir Edward Henry Lee Bt, Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Litchfield. The Earl married Charlotte FitzroyCharlotte Fitzroy ( September 5, 1664 February 17, 1718) was the daughter of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and Charles II. Charlotte was married to Sir Edward Lee at the age of 9. When the Duke of Richmond died in 1673, Charlotte's husband rec in 1667Events January 20 Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power April 27 The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyr. She was the illegitimate daughter of the King and Barbara Villiers. Their eldest son George Henry Lee (1690-1742) passed the title onto his son George Henry Lee (1718-1772) who died without issue. The last male heir of the Lees of Quarendon, was Edward's only surviving son Robert and when Robert died childless, the title became extinct once more.

The current Earl, Thomas Patrick John Anson, more commonly known as photographer Patrick Lichfield He inherited the title from his grandfather. His father Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson died before acceding to the title.