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John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham

Male 1655 - 1709  (54 years)

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  • Name John Ashburnham 
    Suffix 1st Baron Ashburnham 
    Birth 15 Jan 1655 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Jan 1709  Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1 Feb 1709  Ashburnham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • http://www.thepeerage.com/p2485.htm#i24847

      John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was born on 15 January 1655/56.«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»William Ashburnham«/u» and «u»Hon. Elizabeth Poulett «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He married «u»Bridget Vaughan «/u», daughter of «u»Walter Vaughan «/u» and «u»Alice Bond «/u», on 22 July 1677 at «u»Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He died on 21 January 1709/10 at age 54 at «u»Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, London, England «/u»«sup»1«/sup» He was buried on 1 February 1709/10 at «u»Ashburnham, Sussex, England «/u».«sup»1«/sup»
      John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Hastings between 1679 and 1681.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Hastings between 1685 and 1687.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Hastings in 1689.«sup»1«/sup» He was created «i»1st Baron Ashburnham, of Ashburnham, Sussex [England]«/i» on 20 May 1689.«sup»1,2«/sup» He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Breconshire between 19 October 1702 and 1710.«sup»1«/sup» He lived at «u»Ashburnham, Sussex, England «/u».«sup»1

      1. «/sup»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume

      2. Peter W. Hammond, editor, «i»The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda«/i» (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 42. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV«/i».

      3. L. G. Pine, «i»The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms«/i» (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 13. Hereinafter cited as «i»The New Extinct Peerage«/i».
    Person ID I57198  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2009 

    Father William Ashburnham   d. 1665 
    Mother Hon. Elizabeth Poulett   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F551615248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bridget Vaughan,   b. Abt 1661   d. 12 May 1719 (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jul 1677  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hon. Elizabeth Ashburnham   d. 26 Jan 1731
     2. Hon. Anne Ashburnham   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Hon. Jane Ashburnham   d. Aug 1731
     4. William Ashburnham, 2nd Baron Ashburnham,   b. 21 May 1679   d. 16 Jun 1710, Ashburnham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     5. Hon. Bertram Ashburnham,   b. Aft 1687   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham,   b. 13 Mar 1687   d. 10 Mar 1736, St. James Square, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F551615251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2009