ASHBURNHAM, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, only son of John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham, Captain Yeomen of the Guard, and his third wife Lady Jemima Grey, second dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG; b. 30 Oct 1724; adm. Jun 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1741; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 May 1741, matr. 1741; LLD 1749; succ. as 2nd Earl of Ashburnham 10 Mar 1736/7; Grand Tour (in Italy 1745); a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Mar 1748- Nov 1762; Keeper of Hyde Park and of St. James’s Park 1753- Nov 1762; Lord Lieut., Sussex 18 Mar 1754 - 20 Sep 1757; Master of the Great Wardrobe 23 Jul 1765- Nov 1775; Privy Councillor 12 Jul 1765; First Lord of the Bedchamber and Groom of the Stole 10 Nov 1775- May 1782; member Society of Dilettanti 1745; m. 28 Jun 1756 Elizabeth, dau. of John Crowley MP, Alderman of London, of Barking, Suffolk; d. 8 Apr 1812.
ASHBURNHAM, HON. JOHN, second son of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (qv); b. 6 Mar 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); left 1858; entered Diplomatic Service 1866; attaché at Lisbon 1867, Madrid 1869; Third Secretary 1870; transferred Constantinople 1872; Second Secretary 1875; transferred Vienna 1879; acting Agent and Consul-General, Bulgaria 1879-80; retired 7 Apr 1883; JP Sussex; m. 21 Mar 1907 Maud Mary, eldest dau. of Charles Royal-Dawson, South East Wynaad, Madras Presidency, India; d. 12 Apr 1912.
ASHBURNHAM, HON. WILLIAM, third son of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (qv); b. 29 Mar 1847; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); left 1858; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Nov 1864, fellow commoner same day, matr. Mich. 1866; BA 1869; adm. Inner Temple 11 Jan 1869, called to bar 26 Jan 1874; d. 27 May 1897.
ASHBY, GEORGE, only son of Edmund Ashby, citizen and merchant taylor, London, and Elizabeth Judith, dau. of Robert Lock, Dinton, Wilts.; b. 5 Dec 1724; adm. Jun 1737; BB 1739; left 1740; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 1 Nov 1740, matr. 1740/1; BA 1744/5; MA 1748; BD 1756; Fellow of St. John’s 29 Mar 1748, Senior Fellow 12 Jul 1766 – Mar 1776, Steward 28 Feb 1766 - Jan 1767, President 29 Jan 1767 - 24 Mar 1775; ordained deacon (Norwich) 25 Dec 1746 to curacy of Halesworth, Suffolk, priest (Ely) 24 May 1752; Rector of Hungarton, Leics., 7 Nov 1757-69; Rector of Twyford, Leics., 7 Nov 1757-66; Rector of Barrow, Suffolk, from 3 Aug 1774; Rector of Stansfield, Suffolk, from 11 Oct 1780; FSA 10 Mar 1774; described by Cole as “a very good antiquary, learned critic, and much conversant in medals and pictures” (Cole’s MSS, xvi, 309); aided Nichols in his History of Leicestershire, Daines Barrington in his Observations on the Statutes, and was a contributor to the Gentleman’s Magazine and to Nichols’s Literary Anecdotes; d. 12 Jun 1808. DNB.
ASHBY-ASHBY, SHUKBURGH, eldest son of William Ashby-Ashby FRS (formerly Latham), Quenby, Leics., and Mary, dau. of Michael Miller, Bristol; b. 29 Dec 1798; adm. 17 Jan 1810; left Whitsun 1816; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 May 1819; d. unm. 21 Aug 1857.
Ashe, Arthur William Isaac, son of Isaac Leslie Ashe, of Acton, Middlesex, by Ethel Gertrude, daughter of William Bellingham Cheales, of Hagworthingham, Lincs; b. Nov. 15, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); non-resident K.S. 1912; left Easter 1914; served in the Royal Naval Air Service, became Flight-Commander May 18 and was invalided Oct. 1918; joint author of Chemicals, Vol. vii of Resources of the Empire (1924); m. Aug. 7, 1919, Thelma Sydney, daughter of Thomas Hoodless, of Hove, Sussex.
ASHENHURST, FRANCIS, son of Edmund Ashenhurst, Old Park, Sedgley, Staffs., and Mary ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 16) 1661; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1670; ordained; Vicar of Wootton Wawen, Warwicks. 1664 [check date : seems too early]; Rector of Kingswinford, Staffs., from 1670 (dispensation to hold with Wootton Wawen, 1669); Custos of Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Lichfield 1673; Prebendary of Lichfield from 19 Apr 1689; Archdeacon of Derby from 7 Aug 1689; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1 Nov 1689; m. 3 Nov 1675 Anne, second dau. of John Whitehall, Parkhall, Staffs.; d. by 30 Nov 1704 (will proved PCC 14 Feb 1705).
ASHETON, THOMAS; b.; in school list 1736. [Perhaps same individual as Thomas Ashton (adm. Jan 1734/5, qv)]
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)]
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