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 APPENDIX. 233 Miiy 1885, Margaret, di). of William Ravshaw, of Bishop Auoklaod. She d. a.p. 31 Aug- 1808 in her 86th year, at Jemnond Dene House, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WUl pr. at £120,972. Family BOaUt, — ^These, in 1883, consisted of 2,265 acrns in Northumberland, worth £6,606 a year. Principal Rendenoa, — Cragside, near Kothbury, and Jeamond Dene, near Newcastle, both in oo. Northumberland. ASHBOURNE. Barony. /. Thb Rt. Hon. Edward Gibbon, Chancellor of Ireland, L 1885 was, <T. 4 July 1885, BARON ASHBOUKNK of Ashbourne, oo. Heath. He was 2nd s. of William Gibson, of Gaulstown, eo. Heath, and Herrion sauare, Dublin by, his first wife, Louisa, da. of Joseph Gbaitt, of Dublin, Barrister-at-Law ; was h, 4 Sep. 1837 and hap, at St. Thomas', Dublin ; ed. at Trin. Coll., Dublin; B.A. and Ist gold medalist, 1858; H.A., 1861 ; and, finally, Hon. LL.D, 1881. Barrister [I.], 1860 ; Q.a [I.], 1872 ; Attorney Gen. {l. 1877-80. He was H.P. for the Univ. nf Dublin, 1876-85. P.C. [I.] and Bencher of the King's Inns, Dublin, 1877. P.C. [U.K.] 1886. In June 1886 he was made Lord Chancellor [I.], being then raUed to the Peerage as above. He resigned office in Feb. 1886, was re-appointed Aug. following, but again resigned in 1892, being again re-appointed in 1896(») He m. 4 April 1868, at Bt Stephen's, Dubliu, Frances Haria Adelaide, 2nd da. of Henry Jonathan Cope Collbs, Barrister at Law. She was (. 24 Deo. 1849 and hap. 14 Feb. 1850, at St. Peter's, Dublin.:?^ FamU;if Atafei.— These in 1883 were under 2,000 acres. ASHCOMBE OF DORKING AND OF BODIAM CASTLE. Barony. i. Thb Rt. Hon. Okorob CuBirr was cr. 22 Aug. 1 892(*») T 1fiQ2 BARON ASHCOMBE OF DORKINO, oo. Surrey, AND OF 1. xo9ii. ])Qpj^j^ CASTLK, CO. Sussex. He was of Denbies in Dorking afsd., being 1st s. and L of Thomas Cobitt, of Denbies, the eminent builder(«) (cL 20 Dec. 1856 in his 68th year) bv Mary Anne, da. of Samuel Wabnkr ; was 6. 4 June 1828, ed. ai Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; B. A., 1861 ; H.A., 1854 ; was M.P. for West Surrey 1860-86, and for Mid Surrey, 1885-92; Second Church-Estates commiasr., 1874-79 ; P.C. 1880 ; Member of the Coundl of Selwyn College, 1887 ; Hon. Col. 2nd Vol. Batt Royal West Surrey Reg. ; and was raited to the mero^fe, 22 Aug. 1892, as above. He m. 14 June 1858, at Dorking, Laura, yst da. of the Rev. James JoTOi, Vioar of Dorking(<i)Y Family A<a<ct.— These, in 1888, consisted of 8,989 acres in Surrey; 2,200 in Devon, and 600 in Sussex. Total, — 6,789 acres ; worth £8,509 a year. Principal seoi.— Denbies, near Dorking, Surrey. (*) He is spoken of by Lord Randolph Churchill as " tlie family lawyet of the Tory party/' (»») Tl This was one of 8 Baronies conferred at the recommendation of Lord Salisbury on leaving ofBoe, for a list of which see vol. v., p. 126, note " c " sub '* Llangattock." (^) The buildings on the Westminster and Lowndes estates, (including Belgrave square, Lowndes square, Chesham place and the vast district, known as South ^Igravia, between Eaton square and the Thames) as also those erected at an earlier date in Tayiatock square, Gordon square and Woburn place, on the estates of the Duke of Bedford and Lord Southampton, form the chief part of his undertakings. His yr. br. William Cubttt, for two years (1860-62) L. Mayor of London {d. 1868), was sometime in the same business. (A) Of his two elder sons (1) Qeoffrey George, 5. 81 Hay 1864, d, 6 June 1866, (2) Thomas Edmund Wilfred, 6. 6 Aug. 1869 at Denbies, d. 17 May 1866.