Viscount Ashbrook

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Viscount Ashbrook is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1751 for 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 2006 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.

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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)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Rowland Francis Warburton Flower (b. 16 January 1975)

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[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 Page