Background
Ashburnham was the eldest son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham, and Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan, of Porthammel House, Brecknockshire.
Ashburnham was the eldest son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham, and Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan, of Porthammel House, Brecknockshire.
In January 1720 he succeeded his father in the barony and antered the House of Lords. He was also briefly Custos Rotulorum of Brecknockshire in 1710. Lord Ashburnham married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Taylor, of Clapham, Bedfordshire, in 1705.
The marriage was childless.
Lady Ashburnham died from the same disease less than a month later, aged 23.
He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1702 to 1710, a seat previously held by his father.