ASGILL, SIR CHARLES, BART., only son of Sir Charles Asgill (qv), and his second wife; b. 7 Apr 1762; adm. 29 Mar 1769; in school list Oct 1775; left 1777; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 27 Feb 1778; Lieut. and Capt. 3 Feb 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. 3 Mar 1790; Col. in the Army 26 Feb 1795; Brig. -Gen. on the staff in Ireland 1797; Maj. -Gen. 1 Jan 1798; 3rd Maj., 1st Foot Guards 25 Nov 1799; Col. 46th Foot 9 May 1800; Lieut. -Gen. 1 Feb 1805; Col., 5th West India Regt. 8 Feb 1806; Col., 85th Foot 30 Oct 1806 – Feb 1807, 11th Foot from 25 Feb 1807; Gen. 4 Jun 1814; served in America and taken prisoner at capitulation of Yorktown 1781; chosen by lot to suffer death in retaliation for execution of Capt. Huddy by American loyalists, but through French intervention was released on parole by Act of Congress 7 Nov 1781; served in Flanders 1794 and in Ireland during rebellion of 1798; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Sep 1788; m. 28 Aug 1790 Jemima Sophia, youngest dau. of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart.; d. 23 Jul 1823. DNB.
Asgill, Charles, ca. 1714-1788
ASGILL, SIR CHARLES, BART., nephew of Charles Asgill, London, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1726; in school list 1729; a clerk in the banking house of William Pepys & Co.; became a partner in firm Vere and Asgill, bankers, Lombard Street, 1740; member Common Council, Langbourn Ward 1744-9; Alderman, Candlewick Ward 7 Apr 1749 - 1 Jul 1777; Sheriff 1752-3; Lord Mayor of London 1757-8; Master, Skinners’ Company 1748; knighted 22 Nov 1752; created baronet 16 Apr 1761; m. 1st, 16 Jun 1752 Hannah, dau. of Henry Vanderstegen, merchant, London; m. 2nd, 12 Dec 1755 Sarah, dau. of David Pratviel, London, merchant, sometime secretary to Sir Benjamin Harris, British Ambassador at Madrid; d. 15 Sep 1788. [Note Charles Asgill, son of Henry Asgill and Annabella (Jordan), bapt. St. Mary, Whitechapel 27 Mar 1714 (IGI). Charles' uncle took on a paternal role when Henry Asgill died on 23 Mar. 1714, shortly before Charles Asgill's baptism (Asgill Pedigree, Derbyshire Record Office)]
ASH, ROWLAND, son of Capt. Rowland Ash, Antigua, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1720/1; left 1728; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Sep 1729, matr. 1729; member of assembly, Antigua 1756; m. 22 May 1735 Elizabeth Gunthorpe.
Ash, William Claudius Casson, 1870-1916
Ash, William Claudius Casson, elder son of William Henry Ash, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Mary Esther, daughter of Joseph Wellington Casson, of Dublin; b. Feb. 6, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (D); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1888; entered the Militia; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (The Middlesex Regt.) Sept. 28, 1892; Lieut. July 31, 1895; Capt. March 14, 1900; served in the South African War 1902; Adjutant 5th Batt. Jan. 13, 1902- Jan. 12, 1907; Major April 1, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1914 - Feb. 7, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. commanding 23rd (Service) Batt. of his Regt. Oct. 30, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914, was wounded at Loos Sept. 25, 1915, and invalided home; returned to the front May 3, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. March 1, 1894, Edith Learoyd, second daughter of Edward Wright Barnett, of Selly Oak; d. at Etaples Sept. 29, 1916, of wounds received at Fiers Sept. 15.
Ashbrooke, Philip Biden Derwent, 1925-1993
Ashbrooke, Philip Biden Derwent, son of Philip Ashbrooke of Porlock, Somerset, and Gladys Derwent, d. of Alfred George Derwent Moger of Bath, Somerset; b. 23 Aug. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1940; St John’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1942, BA 1949, MA 1957; RAC (2nd Lieut. ) Sept. 1945; ADC to Governor of Kenya 1946-7; RARO 8th Hussars (Lieut. ) Jan. 1949; City of Lond. Yeomanry, TA, 1951 (Capt. ); called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1950; Western Circuit; legal dept. Shell International Petr. Co. 1956-82, latterly sen. legal adviser; retd. 1982; m. 23 Oct 1954 Veronica Philippa, d. of Eudo Philip Joseph Stourton of Sutton Courtenay, Berk.; d. 31 Mar. 1993.
Ashburnham was originally located in Ashburnham House. The building had housed the library of the antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton, containing some of the most important Old English manuscripts in existence, many of which were destroyed or damaged in the fire of 1731, including the manuscript of Beowulf. Those that survived formed the foundation collection of the British Library.
Originally owned by the Abbey, the Public Schools Act of 1868 recommended that the building be bought by the School on the death of the occupant, the sub-dean, much to the Abbey’s consternation. The Dean and Chapter used their control over the Governing Body to attempt to prevent the school from buying the building from the Abbey, but this manoeuvre was overturned by Parliament. The sub-dean living in the house survived until 1881.
The house was finally founded the year after the sub-dean died.
ASHBURNHAM, ---; b.; at school 1660-2 (Busby’s Account Book).
Ashburnham, Bertram, 1797-1878
ASHBURNHAM, BERTRAM, 4TH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, eldest son of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham (qv), and his second wife; b. 23 Nov 1797; adm. Midsummer 1811; left 1814; succ. father as 4th Earl of Ashburnham 27 Oct 1830; DL JP Sussex; a famous collector of rare books and manuscripts; he is said to have started his collection in 1814 while a boy at the School, by the purchase of a rare copy of the Secrets of Albertus Magnus for eighteen pence at Ginger’s shop in Great College Street, and to have continued buying with unwavering judgment and success until a few months before his death; m. 8 Jan 1840 Katherine Charlotte, dau. of George Baillie MP, Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, and sister of George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington; d. 22 Jun 1878.
Ashburnham, Bertram, 1840-1913
ASHBURNHAM, BERTRAM, 5TH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, eldest son of Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (qv); b. 28 Oct 1840; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); left 1857; went to school at Fontainebleau, France; accompanied Marquis of Bath on Garter mission to Vienna Jul 1867; Roman Catholic convert 1872; succ. father as 5th Earl of Ashburnham 22 Jun 1878; a Knight of Malta and Knight Grand Cross of Pontifical Order of Pope Pius; as a peer initially took Conservative whip, but joined Liberal Party over Irish Home Rule; chairman, British Home Rule Association 1886; the representative in Britain of Don Carlos and the legitimate restoration party of Spain; FSA 3 Jun 1880, resigned 1893; declined household office in Liberal government 1893; DL JP Brecknockshire, JP Sussex, Carmarthenshire; m. 25 Feb 1888 Emily, dau. of Richard Chaplin; d. in Paris 15 Jan 1913.