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. He was praised by Jonathan Swift as "a gentleman of very great sense and wit". As of 2022, the titles are held by the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1995.
Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe,, known as Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt between 1822 and 1845, was a British colonial administrator. He held appointments including acting Governor-General of India, Governor of Jamaica and Governor General of the Province of Canada.
Major Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, KG, styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1803 and Marquess of Worcester between 1803 and 1835, was a British peer, soldier, and politician.
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough, styled Earl of Sunderland until 1817 and Marquess of Blandford between 1817 and 1840, was a British nobleman, politician, and peer. The great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill, he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1842 and 1857.
Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century.
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers was a British nobleman and politician.
George William Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry, styled Viscount Deerhurst from 1809 to 1831, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament.
Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer. His branch of the Campbell baronets is referred to as St Cross Mede.
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway,, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773, was a British peer who became the 7th Earl of Galloway in 1773 and served as a Member of Parliament from 1761 to 1773.
Robert Thomas Flower, 8th Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-Irish peer, Militia officer, and inventor.
Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baronet, was a British soldier and politician.
Emily Anne Theophila, Lady Clive Bayley was an English memoirist. A book of her reminiscences was published in 1980. Edited by M. M. Kaye, it was called The Golden Calm: An English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi: Reminiscences by Emily, Lady Clive Bayley, and by Her Father Sir Thomas Metcalfe.
Charlotte Sophia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, formerly Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, was the wife of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort.
John Freind Robinson, 1st Baronet was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1786 until his resignation in 1797.
William Flower,2nd Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-Irish peer.
Henry Jeffrey Flower, 5th Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-irish peer.
Henry Jeffrey Flower, 6th Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-irish peer.
William Spencer Flower, 7th Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-irish peer.
Henry Flower, 1st Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-irish peer.
Llowarch Robert Flower, 9th Viscount Ashbrook was an Anglo-irish peer.
