Tichborne was the son of Sir William Tichborne of Beaulieu, County Louth and his wife Judith Bysse, daughter of John Bysse, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. His other grandfather being the statesman and general Sir Henry Tichborne, a younger son of the Tudor Member of Parliament, Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Baronet, of Tichborne (see Tichborne Baronets).
He represented Ardee and County Louth in the Irish House of Commons. As an ardent supporter of the Glorious Revolution, he was created a Baronet, of Beaulieu in the County of Louth, in the Baronetage of England on 12 July 1697. On 9 October 1715 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Ferrard, of Beaulieu in the County of Louth.
Their descendants still live at Beaulieu.
Charlotte Amelia was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Princess Caroline 1721-1727. Another son Henry (1684-1709) married Mary Fowke but died of drowning, without issue.
