Thomas Ashburnham, 6th Earl of Ashburnham

[1] Ashburnham was educated at Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.

Infatuated by her pleasant voice and friendly manner, Ashburnham asked to meet her in person, and they got on so well that in early 1903 they were engaged to be married.

[5] Captain Ashburnham bought two houses on Brunswick Street, Fredericton, one of which had been his wife's family home, and the other an inn, and had them connected by a second floor conservatory over a porte-cochere leading to a garden.

[2] The 5th Earl of Ashburnham died in Paris on 15 January 1913, without a son and having outlived all his younger brothers except Thomas, who accordingly succeeded to the peerages of Earl of Ashburnham and Viscount St. Asaph, with a seat in the House of Lords, and to his family's settled estates.

They took up residence at Ashburnham Place, but remained in England for only thirteen months before returning to Fredericton in June 1914.

[2] On 26 April 1924, Lord and Lady Ashburnham left Fredericton, taking passage on the White Star Liner "SS Regina" to make a six-month visit to England.