Viscount Ashbrook
Viscount Ashbrook is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1751 for Captain Henry Flower, 2nd Baron Castle Durrow. The title of Baron Castle Durrow, in the County of Kilkenny, had been created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1733 for his father William Flower. He was a Colonel in the Army and also represented County Kilkenny and Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons. As of 2010[update] the titles are held by the first Viscount's great-great-great-great-great-grandson, the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1995.
The family seat is Arley Hall in Cheshire. The family also previously owned Castle Durrow in County Laois and Beaumont Lodge at Old Windsor in Berkshire.
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[edit] Barons Castle Durrow (1733)
- William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow (1685–1746)
- Henry Flower, 2nd Baron Castle Durrow (d. 1752) (created Viscount Ashbrook in 1751)
[edit] Viscounts Ashbrook (1751)
- Henry Flower, 1st Viscount Ashbrook (d. 1752)
- William Flower, 2nd Viscount Ashbrook (1744–1780)
- William Flower, 3rd Viscount Ashbrook (1767–1802)
- Henry Jeffrey Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook (1776–1847)
- Henry Jeffrey Flower, 5th Viscount Ashbrook (1806–1871)
- Henry Jeffrey Flower, 6th Viscount Ashbrook (1829–1882)
- William Spencer Flower, 7th Viscount Ashbrook (1830–1906)
- Robert Thomas Flower, 8th Viscount Flower (1836–1919)
- Llowarch Robert Flower, 9th Viscount Ashbrook (1870–1936)
- Desmond Llowarch Edward Flower, 10th Viscount Ashbrook (1905–1995)
- Michael Llowarch Warburton Flower, 11th Viscount Ashbrook (b. 1935)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Rowland Francis Warburton Flower (b. 1975)
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source?][better source needed]
