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ASCHAM, GILES, eldest son of Roger Ascham, tutor to Queen Elizabeth I, and Margaret Howe; b.; adm.; QS 1573; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1578, adm. scholar 1579, matr. Easter 1579; BA 1582/3; MA 1586 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1586); BD 1593 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1593); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1583, Major Fellow 1585; ordained; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1590/1; Rector of Stoke Fleming, Devon 1594; Rector of Duxford St. Peter, Cambs., 1595; d. c. 1596.

ASCOUGH, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1641.

ASHFIELD, CHARLES; b.; adm.; KS 1691; left 1694; presumably Charles Ashfield, adm. pens. St. Catharine’s Coll. Cambridge, 20 Aug 1694. [Perhaps bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 9 Jun 1678, son of John Ashfield, and Rose --- (IGI)]

ASHTON, WILLIAM, a native of Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, matr. 9 Nov 1621, aged 16 (but no record of him as Westminster Student); BA 6 Feb 1623/4.

Askwith, Edward Douglas, only son of the Rev. Edward Harrison Askwith, D.D., Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, sometime an assistant master of the school, by Mary Douglas, daughter of Sir Douglas Fox, K.C., of Kensington; b. Feb. 9, 1895; adm. as K.S. Jan. 14, 1909; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1913, matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1916; an engineer, sales manager Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, Herts; was with the Y. M.C. A. in France during Great War I; m. July 11, 1922, Muriel Ursula Sybil, youngest daughter of John Nelson Crosbie, of Roorkee, India; drowned while bathing at Cable Bay, Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Sept. 12, 1926.

ASTLEY, SAMUEL, son of John Astley, Worcester; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 14 Jul 1676, aged 18, Westminster Student 3 Jul 1677-89 (void); BA 25 Feb 1680/1; MA 1683; ordained; Vicar of Whiteladies Aston, Worcs., from 28 Sep 1687; Rector of Peopleton, Worcs., 13 Aug 1705-17; Rector of Bredicot, Worcs. 3 Nov 1711; m. Merriel ---; buried White Ladies Aston, Worcs. 7 Apr 1719.

ASTON, FRANCIS, younger son of Francis Aston, St. Mary Le Strand, London, and Margaret, dau. of Joan Chatwell, St. Mary le Strand, London, widow; bapt. 1 Feb 1644/5; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 16) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662, matr. 1664/5; MA 1668; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1667-c. 1675; FRS 1678; Secretary, Royal Society 1681-5; d. 1715 (will proved 22 Jul 1715, as of Whitehall, Middlesex).

ASTON, SIR GEORGE GREY, son of Lieut. -Col. Henry Aston, EICS Bombay, by Katherine, dau. of Rev. Abraham Faure, Cape Town, South Africa; b. 2 Dec 1861; adm. QS 9 Oct 1876; left Aug 1879; RNC Greenwich 1879-81; 1st Lieut., Royal Marine Artillery 1 Sep 1879; Capt. 25 Jan 1888; Professor of Fortification, RNC Greenwich 1896-9; Maj. 2 Mar 1898; Brevet Lieut. -Col. 29 Nov 1900; Brevet Col. 24 May 1905; Lieut. -Col., Royal Marine Artillery 6 Feb 1908; Brig. -Gen. 4 Apr 1908 - 20 Jan 1913, 25 Aug 1914-7; Col., 2nd Commandant, Royal Marine Artillery 7 May 1913, Col. Commandant 24 Sep 1914; retd. with hon. rank Maj. -Gen. 24 Sep 1917; served Egyptian expedition 1884 and South African War 1900-1, despatches LG 10 Sep 1901; commanded expeditions to Ostend and Dunkirk 1914; served in War Cabinet Secretariat 1918-9; CB 26 Jun 1902; KCB 3 Jun 1913; ADC to King 26 Jun 1911-7; Busby Trustee from May 1919; author, Letters on Amphibious Wars, 1911, and other works; m. 1 Jun 1909 Dorothy Ellen, youngest dau. of Vice-Adm. William Wilson, Clyffe Manor, Swindon, Wilts.; d. 2 Dec 1938. DNB.

ASTON, HON. HENRY HERVEY, brother of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 5 Jan 1700/1; adm. 27 Jan 1711/2; QS (Capt. ) 1716; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 8 Jun 1719, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1719 - void 18 Dec 1723; Cornet, 11th Dragoons 25 Mar 1724; Capt., 11th Foot 13 May 1735; 1st Dragoon Guards 21 Dec 1738; retd. 8 Jul 1742; ordained priest (Ely) Sep 1743; Rector of Shotley, Suffolk, from 30 Sep 1743; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Oct 1743; MA 1744; assumed additional surname of Aston by private Act of Parliament (17 Geo. II, c. xxii); earned the gratitude of Dr. Johnson, who in speaking of Hervey to Boswell said “he was a vicious Man, but very kind to me : if you call a dog Hervey, I shall love it” (Boswell’s Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, i, 106); a charity sermon preached by him in May 1745 and published under his name was written by Dr. Johnson; m. 2 Mar 1730 Catherine, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Aston, Bart.; d. 16 Nov 1748.