Denny Ashburnham

Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet (c.1628 – 11 December 1697) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1689.

[1] His paternal grandfather was Adam Ashburnham, who sat in the Parliament of England.

[2] Ashburnham was a Commissioner for the Militia and became a Justice of the Peace for Sussex in March 1660.

[3] In the aftermath of the so-called Popish Plot, Ashburnham was summoned in the trial of Titus Oates as a witness.

[5] Ashburnham was buried at Guestling in Sussex and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his sons William and Charles successively.