George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph

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.[2]

Political career

Ashburnham was returned to Parliament for New Romney in 1807, a seat he held until 1812,[1][3] and then represented Weobley (succeeding his uncle Lord George Thynne) until his death in 1813.[1][4]

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]

References
  1. thepeerage.com George Ashburnham, Viscount St. Asaph
  2. "Ashburnham, the Hon. George (ASBN803G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: New Romney to Northampton". Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  4. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Waterloo to West Looe". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Windham
John Perring		 Member of Parliament for New Romney
1807–1812
With: The Earl of Clonmell		 Succeeded by
Sir John Thomas Duckworth
William Mitford
Preceded by
Lord George Thynne
Lord Apsley		 Member of Parliament for Weobley
1812–1813
With: Hon. William Bathurst		 Succeeded by
Hon. William Bathurst
James Lenox William Naper
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