Earl of Ashburnham
Bookplate with the coat of arms of the Earl of Ashburnham, around 1800
Earl of Ashburnham , in the County of Sussex , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Award
The title was created on May 14, 1730 for John Ashburnham, 3rd Baron Ashburnham , along with the subordinate title Viscount St. Asaph , of St. Asaph in the Principality of Wales .
As early as 1710 he had inherited the subordinate title Baron Ashburnham , of Ashburnham in the County of Sussex from his older brother, which had been awarded to his father on May 30, 1689 in the Peerage of England .
With the childless death of his great-great-grandson, the 6th Earl, on May 12, 1924, all three titles expired.
List of the Barons and Earls of Ashburnham
Barons Ashburnham (1689)
- John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham (1656-1710)
- William Ashburnham, 2nd Baron Ashburnham (1679-1710)
- John Ashburnham, 3rd Baron Ashburnham (1687–1737) (raised to Earl of Ashburnham in 1730 )
Earls of Ashburnham (1730)
- John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham (1687–1737)
- John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (1724-1812)
- George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham (1760-1830)
- Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797–1878)
- Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913)
- Thomas Ashburnham, 6th Earl of Ashburnham (1855-1924)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The London Gazette : No. 6881, p. 1 , May 9, 1730.
- ^ The London Gazette: No. 2459, p. 2 , June 6, 1689.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Ashburnham, Baron (E, 1689-1924) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Ashburnham, Earl of (GB, 1730-1924) at Cracroft's Peerage