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| birth_name      = George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph
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'''George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham''', [[Order of the Garter|KG]], [[Royal Guelphic Order|GCH]], [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]] (25 December 1760 &ndash; 27 October 1830) was a British [[Peerage|peer]].
==Early life==
He was the son of the [[John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham|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 [[George III of Great Britain|King George III]], the [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle|Duke of Newcastle]] and the [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha|Dowager Princess of Wales]] as his godparents.
In 1780, Lord St Asaph graduated from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], with a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] degree.<ref>{{acad|id=ASBN778G|name=Ashburnham, the Hon. George <nowiki>[Viscount St Asaph]</nowiki>}}</ref>
==Career==
Lord St Asaph was summoned to the [[House of Lords]] by [[writ in acceleration]] as '''5th Baron Ashburnham''' in 1804. He held the office of Trustee of the [[British Museum]] between 1810 and 1830. In 1812 he succeeded his father as '''3rd Earl of Ashburnham'''.
His main family home was at [[Ashburnham Place]] in Sussex, which belonged to the family from the late 11th century until 1953. The Ashburnham archive is held by the East Sussex Record Office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=179-ashburnham&cid=-1|title = Ashburnham family archive}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He married, firstly, Sophia Thynne (19 December 1763 &ndash; 9 April 1791), daughter of the [[Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath|3rd Viscount Weymouth]] (later the 1st Marquess of Bath), on 28 August 1784. They had four children:
*[[George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph]] (8 October 1785 &ndash; 7 June 1813)
*Lady Elizabeth Sophia Ashburnham (16 September 1786 &ndash; 13 March 1879)
*Sophia Ashburnham (29 January 1788 &ndash; 17 June 1807)
*Ensign John Ashburnham (3 June 1789 &ndash; 1810) (served in the [[Coldstream Guards]] in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]; drowned whilst returning from [[Portugal]])
He married, secondly, [[Charlotte Ashburnham, Countess of Ashburnham|Lady Charlotte Percy]] (3 June 1776 &ndash; 26 November 1862) on 25 July 1795. She was a daughter of the [[Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley|1st Earl of Beverley]], and a sister of [[George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland]]. They had 13 children:
*William Ashburnham (19 January 1797 &ndash; 1797) (died an infant)
*[[Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham]] (23 November 1797 &ndash; 22 June 1878)
*Percy Ashburnham (22 November 1799 &ndash; 25 January 1881)
*Lady Charlotte Susan Ashburnham (23 February 1801 &ndash; 26 April 1865)
*Lady Theodosia Julia Ashburnham (27 March 1802 &ndash; 22 August 1887)
*Charles Ashburnham (23 March 1803 &ndash; 22 December 1848)
*Lady Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham (11 May 1805 &ndash; May 1882) (mother of [[Bertram Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale|Lord Redesdale]])
*Lady Jane Henrietta Ashburnham (19 July 1809 &ndash; 26 November 1896) (mother of the poet [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|Swinburne]])
*Lady Katherine Frances Ashburnham (31 March 1812 &ndash; 6 April 1839)
*Lady Eleanor Isabel Bridget Ashburnham (28 July 1814 &ndash; 6 March 1895)
*General [[Thomas Ashburnham (general)|Thomas Ashburnham]], CB (1816 &ndash; 2 March 1872)
*Lady Mary Agnes Blanche Ashburnham (23 January 1816 &ndash; 22 April 1899)
*Reginald Ashburnham (1819 &ndash; 5 March 1830)
On his death he was survived by his fourth (but eldest surviving) son, [[Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham|Bertram, Viscount St. Asaph]].
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