Baron Ashbourne

Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for Edward Gibson, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his uncle), was a vice admiral in the Royal Navy. As of 2020, the title is held by the third Baron's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2020.

William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne

John George Gibson, younger brother of the first Baron, was also a distinguished lawyer. Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926, was the first Baron's daughter.[1][2]

Baron Ashbourne (1886)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward Alexander Gibson (born 2002).

Male-line family tree
Male-line family tree, Barons Ashbourne
Edward Gibson
1st Baron Ashbourne
1837–1913
William Gibson
2nd Baron Ashbourne
1868–1942		Lt. Hon.
Henry Gibson
1870–1905		Hon.
Edward Gibson
1873–1928
Edward Gibson
3rd Baron Ashbourne
1901–1983
Barry Gibson
4th Baron Ashbourne
1933–2020
Charles Gibson
5th Baron Ashbourne
born 1967
Hon.
Edward Gibson
born 2002

Arms
Coat of arms of Baron Ashbourne
Crest
On a bank of reeds a pelican in her piety all Proper.
Escutcheon
Ermine three keys fesswise in pale Azure and in chief as many trefoils slipped Vert.
Supporters
Dexter a female figure representing Mercy her interior hand resting on a sword point downwards all Proper; sinister a female figure representing Justice holding in her left hand a sword point upwards and in her right hand a balance all Proper; each charged on the breast with a trefoil slipped Vert and each standing on a fasces also Proper.
Motto
Coelestes Pandite Portae[3]

References
  1. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911".
  2. "Dictionary of Irish Biography | Dictionary of Irish Biography".
  3. Burke's Peerage. 1956.
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