Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard

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Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard (1663–3 November 1731) was an Irish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Sir William Tichborne of Beaulieu, County Louth, and Judith Bysse; his maternal grandfather was John Bysse, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his paternal grandfather included the statesman Sir Henry Tichborne. He served in the Irish House of Commons, representing Ardee and County Louth. A strong supporter of the Glorious Revolution, he was made a Baronet of Beaulieu in 1697, and in 1714 he joined the Privy Council of Ireland. On 9 October 1715 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Ferrard, of Beaulieu in County Louth.

He married Arabella Cotton, and they had four sons—William, Cotton, Robert, and Henry—who all died before him, leaving no male issue, so his titles became extinct when he died in 1731. His only surviving daughter, Salisbury Tichborne, married William Aston, MP for Dunleer, and their descendants include Tichborne Aston, MP; the family still has ties to Beaulieu.

A younger son, William, married Charlotte Amelia Molesworth, and they had two daughters, Arabella and Wilhelmina. Charlotte Amelia was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Princess Caroline from 1721 to 1727. Another son, Henry (1684–1709), married Mary Fowke but died by drowning and had no children. His niece Judith Tichborne (died 1749) was the third wife of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland; Judith was the daughter of Ferrard’s brother Sir Benjamin Tichborne. Judith later married Sir Robert Sutton and had surviving issue, including Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet.

Lord Ferrard was largely responsible for completing Beaulieu House, the family’s main residence, in its present form, a project begun by his grandfather in 1666.