Viscount Ashbrook
Viscount Ashbrook is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
The current home of the Viscounts is Arley Hall near Arley in Cheshire . Former family residences were Castle Durrow near Durrow in County Laois and Beaumont Lodge near Old Windsor in Berkshire .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on September 30, 1751 for Henry Flower, 2nd Baron Castle Durrow .
In 1746 he had inherited the subordinate title Baron Castle Durrow , of Castle Durrow in the County of Kilkenny , from his father , which was also awarded to this on October 27, 1733 in the Peerage of Ireland.
Today's title holder has been his great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Michael Flower as the 11th Viscount since 1995 .
List of Barons Castle Durrow and Viscounts Ashbrook
Barone Castle Durrow (1733)
- William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow (1685–1746)
- Henry Flower, 2nd Baron Castle Durrow († 1752) ( raised to Viscount Ashbrook in 1751 )
Viscounts Ashbrook (1751)
- Henry Flower, 1st Viscount Ashbrook († 1752)
- William Flower, 2nd Viscount Ashbrook (1744–1780)
- William Flower, 3rd Viscount Ashbrook (1767–1802)
- Henry Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook (1776–1847)
- Henry Flower, 5th Viscount Ashbrook (1806–1871)
- Henry Flower, 6th Viscount Ashbrook (1829–1882)
- William Flower, 7th Viscount Ashbrook (1830–1906)
- Robert Flower, 8th Viscount Ashbrook (1836-1919)
- Llowarch Flower, 9th Viscount Ashbrook (1870–1936)
- Desmond Flower, 10th Viscount Ashbrook (1905-1995)
- Michael Flower, 11th Viscount Ashbrook (* 1935)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Rowland Flower (* 1975).
literature
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Ashbrook, Viscount (I, 1751) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Castle Durrow, Baron (I, 1733) at Cracroft's Peerage