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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Ashley, Francis Edgell, brother of John Oliver Mark Ashley (q.v.); b. March 21, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912; left July 1915 (H); 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Dec. 11, 1916; Lieut. June 11, 1918; M.C. Sept. 16, 1918; d. 19 Mar. 1986.
Ashley, Francis Noel, son of Frederick Morewood Ashley, of Merrow, Surrey, by Edith, daughter of John Oliver Hodges, of Bagshot, Surrey; b. Dec. 11, 1884; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (A); migrated up Grant's; left March 1902; Sussex Artillery Militia 1902-04; Cape Colonial Mounted Forces, South Africa, 1904-07; asst. Dist. Commissioner, Pol. and Adm. Service, Nigeria 1908; Resident, Southern Provinces 1928; Resident Commissioner, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1928-39; employed by Bahamas Govt. 1945-47; C.M.G. 1937; served in W. African Frontier Force 1915; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 26, 1940; Sqdn. Ldr.; m. Jan. 18, 1913, Marjorie Wills, daughter of James Wills-Robinson, of Bexley Heath, Kent.
Ashley, John Oliver Mark, son of John George Ashley, of Teddington, Middlesex, by Frances Amelia, daughter of Mark Heaton Robinson; b. June 2, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left July 1914; R.M.A. Woolwich 1914; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Feb. 10, 1915; Lieut. July 23, 1916; Capt. Nov. 3, 1917; served in France and Belgium March 8, 1915-Sept. 4, 1918; A.D.C. to Gov. and C. in C. Gibraltar (temp.) Nov. r, 1919 - March 6, 1920; G. S. 0. III War Office June 25, 1921-July 7, 1925; Capt. Inst. in Survey Sch. of Artillery 1925-27; Ede. Major R. A. Southern Command Nov. 1932; Major March 15, 1935; Lieut.-Col. May 30, 1942; retired with the hon. rank of Col. Feb. 27, 1946; farming in Northamptonshire; m. 1st July 19, 1924, Barbara, daughter of James Buckley; 2nd May 20, 1940, Sheila, daughter of L. H. Church, of Church Brampton, Northants.; d. 24 May 1984.