George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph Explained

George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph
Office1:Member of Parliament for Weobley
Term1:1812 - 7 June 1813
Office2:Member of Parliament for New Romney
Term2:1807-1812
Birth Date:9 October 1785
Death Place:London, England
Education:Trinity College, Cambridge
Father:George Ashburnham
Relatives:Bertram Ashburnham (brother)
Thomas Thynne (grandfather)
John Ashburnham (grandfather)
George Thynne (uncle)

George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph (9 October 1785 – 7 June 1813), styled The Honourable George Ashburnham until 1812, was a British politician.

Background and education

Ashburnham was the eldest son of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, and Sophia, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath. He gained the courtesy title Viscount St Asaph when his father succeeded in the earldom in 1812.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating MA in 1805.

Political career

Ashburnham was returned to Parliament for New Romney in 1807, a seat he held until 1812,[1] [2] and then represented Weobley (succeeding his uncle Lord George Thynne) until his death in 1813.[1] [3]

Personal life

Lord St Asaph died unmarried at Dover Street, London, in June 1813, aged only 27. His half-brother Bertram Ashburnham eventually succeeded in the earldom.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p2495.htm#i24947 thepeerage.com George Ashburnham, Viscount St. Asaph
  2. Web site: leighrayment.com House of Commons: New Romney to Northampton . 18 October 2010 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006224549/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons2.htm . 6 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: leighrayment.com House of Commons: Waterloo to West Looe . 18 October 2010 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501184856/http://leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons2.htm . 1 May 2009 .