Bef 1827 - 1866 (~ 39 years)
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Name |
William Hamilton Ash |
Birth |
Bef 1827 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
20 Nov 1866 |
Person ID |
I178312 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
9 Jun 2018 |
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Notes |
- Ash, William Hamilton (1801-66). Son of William Hamilton Ash (d. 1821) of Ashbrook and his wife Elizabeth Harriet Henderson, born 3 May 1801. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1822). JP for Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone; DL for Londonderry, 1837; High Sheriff of Londonderry, 1843; a burgess of Derry by 1836; Chairman of the Famine Relief Committee for Co. Londonderry, 1845-47; President of the Tirkeeran Farming Association, 1839; a Londonderry Bridge Commissioner, 1859-66. He married, 10 July 1827 at Earls Gift (Tyrone), Lady Elizabeth Emma (1794-1857), third daughter of Hon. John Douglas and sister of 17th Earl of Morton, and had issue:
(1) Caroline Hamilton Ash (1830-1901) (q.v.).
He inherited the Ashbrook estate from his father in 1821, but it was let to Hugh Lyle in the 1820s.
He died 20 November 1866; his will was proved 18 December 1866. His wife died at Earls Gift, 2 February 1857.
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