Henry Ingram, 1st Viscount of Irvine

The Viscountcy existed in four generations of his family before becoming extinct: the seat was at Temple Newsam near Leeds, in Yorkshire.

After his grandmother's death in 1613, his grandfather's remarried to Alice Ferrers, and they were the parents of his half-uncle, Sir Thomas Ingram, who became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1664 to 1672.

His grandfather purchased Temple Newsam in 1622 and, through a destruction by fire in March 1635/6,[4] rebuilt the mansion over the next 20 years, incorporating part of the house formerly belonging to the Earls and Dukes of Lennox in which Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, father of King James I, had been born in 1545.

There were three children:[7] The 1st Viscount made his will on 9 August 1666, asking to be buried at Whitkirk as near as possible to his father, and making ample provision for his widow, two sons and daughter and his principal servants.

He made particular mention of his brother Arthur Ingram, whose line remained important in the immediate circle of the family in the next generations and was seated at Barrowby in Garforth, Yorkshire.