Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham
Earl of Ashburnham
Tenure1830–1878
PredecessorGeorge Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham
SuccessorBertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham
Other titlesViscount St. Asaph
Baron Ashburnham
Born(1797-11-23)23 November 1797
Died22 June 1878(1878-06-22) (aged 80)
NationalityEnglish
ResidenceAshburnham Place
LocalitySussex
Spouse(s)Katherine Charlotte Baillie
IssueBertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham
Thomas Ashburnham, 6th Earl of Ashburnham
four other sons and three daughters
The Ashburnham Library bookplate
Funeral hatchment of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, in St Mary's Church, Barking, Suffolk

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (23 November 1797 – 22 June 1878) was a British peer. He was the fourth son of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham. As the eldest son still living when his father died in 1830, he succeeded as Earl of Ashburnham, Viscount St. Asaph and Baron of Ashburnham.[1]

He married Katherine Charlotte Baillie, daughter of George Baillie and Mary Pringle, on 8 January 1840 in Earlston, Berwick, Scotland.[2] They had four daughters and seven sons, including:[3]

  • Bertram (28 October 1840 – 15 January 1913), the 5th Earl, who succeeded his father in 1878; and
  • Thomas (8 April 1855 – 12 May 1924), the 6th Earl, who succeeded his brother in 1913 when the latter died without a son.
  1. ^ "Death of the Earl of Ashburnham". The Times. London, England. 24 June 1878. p. 6.
  2. ^ Katherine Charlotte Baillie in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910. Accessed via ancestry.com subscrition site 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ The National Archives. "Ashburnham Family Archive: Administrative History". The National Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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