George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham
Chivalric Order Member
1760 – 1830
Who was George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham?
George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, KG, GCH, FSA was a British peer.
He was the son of the 2nd Earl of Ashburnham and the former Elizabeth Crowley, being styled Viscount St Asaph from birth, and was baptised on 29 January 1761 at St George's, Hanover Square, London, with King George III, the Duke of Newcastle and the Dowager Princess of Wales as his godparents.
In 1780, Lord St Asaph graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, with a Master of Arts degree.
He married, firstly, the Hon. Sophia Thynne, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Weymouth, on 28 August 1784. They had four children:
George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph
Lady Elizabeth Sophia Ashburnham
The Hon. Sophia Ashburnham
Ensign The Hon. John Ashburnham
He married, secondly, Lady Charlotte Percy on 25 July 1795. She was a daughter of the 1st Earl of Beverley, and a sister of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland. They had 13 children:
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1760
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Died
- Oct 27, 1830
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on July 23, 2013
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