[3] He was born at Burnchurch in County Kilkenny, son of Francis Flood and Anne Warden.
He acted as a judge of assize and was briefly Speaker of the Irish House of Lords.
He had a townhouse at Cuffe Street in Dublin and a country house at Farmley in Kilkenny.
[5] His nephew, also Warden Flood, was MP for Longford Borough, Baltinglass, Carysfort, and Taghmon.
His most famous child, the statesman Henry Flood, who is thought to have been Isabella's son, was generally believed to have been born out of wedlock.