Description:The funeral of Adelbert John Robert Anson at St. Michael's Church, Colwich. The Bishop of Lichfield, Rt. Rev. and Hon. Augustus Legge officiated. The coffin was carried by six workmen from the Shugborough estate: Thomas Mould, Thomas Edwards, Edward Allsopp, Albert Edkins, George Bridgwood and William Askey.
He was born on 20 December 1840, the youngest son of Thomas William, 1st Earl of Lichfield. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and became the first Bishop of Qu'Apppelle in Canada. At the time of his death he was Canon Residential at Lichfield Cathedral. He died in Lichfield on 27 May 1909.