Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet (1 April 1678 – 7 November 1755) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1741.
[3] At the 1710 general election he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Hastings on the family interest but did not stand in 1713.
[4] He was returned as MP for Seaford at the 1715 general election but resigned his seat in 1717 when he was granted another sinecure post as Commissioner of the Alienation Office.
In 1741 he resigned his seat in parliament through ill health but retained his government posts until his death.
[1] His marriage was childless and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Charles.