Sir William Ashburnham, 5th Baronet (5 March 1739 – 21 August 1823)[1] was a British politician.
Baptised at St Anne's Church, Soho on 29 March 1739, he was the eldest surviving son of the Rt Revd Sir William Ashburnham, 4th Baronet, Bishop of Chichester and his wife Margaret Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham.
[4] He entered the British House of Commons in 1761, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings until 1774.
[5] Ashburnham was appointed Deputy Keeper of the Great Wardrobe in 1765, a post held until 1782.
[7] In April 1766, Ashburnham married Alicia Woodgate, daughter of Reverend Francis Woodgate at St Clement Danes Church in London[7] and had by her four sons and a daughter.