28 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. ASHBURNHAM, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, K.G. He was b. Dec. 25, 1760, and succeeded his father April 16, 1812, having been previously summoned to Parliament in his father's barony of Ashburnham: m. 1st, Aug. 28, 1784, Lady Sophia Thynne, daughter of the 1st Marquess of Bath, K.G. (she d. 1791), having had issue two sons and two daughters ; 2ndly, July 25, 1795, Lady Charlotte Percy, daughter of the 1st Earl of Beverley, and by her had issue six sons and seven daughters ; and d. Oct. 27, 1830. Her ladyship d. 1862. ASHBURTON, BARON. (BARING.) ALEXANDER HUGH BARING, 4th Baron. Born May 4th, 1835 ; succeeded his father in 1 868 ; educated at Harrow, and at Christ Church, Oxford, (B.A. 1857, M.A. 1861) ; sat as M.P. for Thetford, 1857 67, when he accepted "the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds ; is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Norfolk : married (1864) the Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby, 4th daughter of the 9th Baron Digby, and has issue, living, Another, b. 1873. Daughter, b. 1874. Sister living, Mary Louisa Anne, m. 1858, the 6th Duke of Grafton. Patron of ten livings, St. James's, Berwick, V. Alcannings with Etchilhampton, R. Winterbourne Stoke, V. Wiltshire. Brown Candover with Chilton Candover, R. Itchenstoke, V. with Abbotston, R. Swarrington, R. with North ington, C. Woodmancott, V. Hampshire. Buckenham Parva, R., and, with Lord Berners, Langford, R. Norfolk. Creation, Baron Ashburton, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1835. arms, Azure : a fesse, or, in chief a bear's head, proper, muzzled and ringed, of the second. Crest, A mullet, erminois, between two wings, argent. Supporters, On either side a bear, proper, muzzled, collared, and chained, or, charged on the shoulder with a cross patee fitchee of the last. Seats, The Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire : Buckenham Park, Brandon, Norfolk. Town Residence, Bath-house, 82, Piccadilly, W. C/w&s, Travellers', White's. ASHBURTON, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Francis, 3rd Baron Ashburton. He was A. May 20, 1800, and succeeded his brother, Mar. 13, 1864; was M.P. for Thetford, 183241 and 184857 ; m. Jan. Qth, 1833, Claire Hortense, daugh- ter of the Duke de Bassano ; and d, Sept. 6, 1868, having had issue two sous and one daughter. ASHBURTON, Dowager Baroness, CLAIRE HORTENSE, daughter of the Duke de Bassano; m. 1833, the 3rd Baron Ashburton, who d. 1868. Residence, ASHBURTON, LOUISA CAROLINE, Baroness, daughter of the Right Hon. J. S. Mackenzie ; m. 1858, as his 2nd wife, the 2nd Baron Ashburton, who d. 1864. Seats, Lochinchart-lodge, Dingwall, N.B.; Addiscombe- farm, Croydon, Surrey. Town Residence, 6, Great Stanhope-street, Mayfair.
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