Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

ASHBURNHAM, THOMAS (_4 son of George Ashburnham, 3 Earl of Ashburnham 1760–1830._) ensign Coldstream guards 30 Jany. 1823; lieut. col. 62 foot 7 Jan. 1842 to 21 Sep. 1847; commanded a brigade in Sutlej campaign 1845–46; aide de camp to the Queen 3 April 1846 to 20 June 1854; lieut. col. 29 foot 22 Nov. 1849 to 20 June 1854; col. 82 foot 13 Dec. 1859 to death; general 19 April 1868; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ 104 Park st. Grosvenor sq., London 3 March 1872. ASHBURTON, WILLIAM BINGHAM BARING, 2 Baron. (_eld. son of Alexander Baring, 1 Baron Ashburton 1774–1848._) _b._ June 1799; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox.; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1836, hon. D.C.L. 1856; M.P. for Thetford 1826–30, for Callington 1830–31, for Winchester 1832–37, for North Staffs. 1837–41, and again for Thetford 1841–48; sec. of board of control 8 Sep. 1841 to 17 Feb. 1845; paymaster general of the forces and treasurer of the navy 25 Feb. 1845 to 12 July 1846; P.C. 30 June 1845; succeeded his father 13 May 1848; F.R.S. 27 April 1854; Commander of Legion of Honour 1855; pres. of geographical society 1860–62, vice pres. 1862 to death. _d._ the Grange, Alresford Hants 23 March 1864. _Monographs by Lord Houghton_ (1873) 225–55; _Waagen’s Treasures of art in Great Britain ii_, 97–112 (1854). ASHBURTON, FRANCIS BARING, 3 Baron. _b._ 20 May 1800; M.P. for Thetford 1832–41 and 1848–57; succeeded 23 March 1864. _d._ Hazlewood near Watford 6 Sep. 1868. ASHBURY, JOHN. _b._ 31 Jany. 1806; a wheelwright at Manchester; began the large works at Openshaw near Manchester for building railway carriages and wagons 1847; constructed a railway wagon in 13 hours for the great exhibition of 1862; sold his works to a limited liability company 1862. _d._ 9 Sussex place, Hyde Park, London 2 Sep. 1866. Personalty sworn under £400,000 27 Oct. 1866. ASHBY, REV. JOHN EYRE. _b._ 22 Jany. 1820; ed. at Univ. coll. school London, B.A. London 1840; a congregational minister in Arundel, Brighton and London; lectured on the higher mathematics in same places; kept a school at Enfield 1856 to death; F.R.A.S. 1843, LLD. Jena 1858. _d._ 22 Dec. 1863. ASHER, ADOLPHUS. _b._ Stettin 3 Sep. 1801; spent 5 years in England 1820–25; diamond merchant at St. Petersburgh; bookseller in Russia 1827–30, at Berlin 1830 to death; introduced the English annuals into Germany and Russia; foreign bookseller to British museum 1841 to death; published _Travels of Benjamin of Tudela, Berlin_ 1840. _d._ Venice 2 Oct. 1853. ASHLEY, ANTHONY JOHN (_4 son of Cropley Ashley, 6 Earl of Shaftesbury_). _b._ 24 Grosvenor square, London 21 Dec. 1808; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829; barrister I.T. 10 June 1836; Q.C. 9 Jany. 1866. (_m._ 17 March 1840 Julia eld. dau. of Henry John Conyers of Copt hall, Essex). _d._ Upper Brook st. London 1 Jany. 1867. ASHLEY, ANTHONY WILLIAM (_brother of preceding_). _b._ 24 Grosvenor square 4 Oct. 1803; attaché to embassy at Vienna 31 March 1830; treasurer and vice chamberlain to Queen Adelaide 28 Oct. 1834 to her death 2 Dec. 1849; master governor and keeper of royal hospital of St. Katherine in the Regents’ Park, London 23 May 1859 to death. (_m._ 8 March 1831 Maria Anne eld. dau. of Col. Hugh Duncan Baillie, M.P. of Tarradaile). _d._ Mentone 18 April 1877. ASHLEY, HENRY. _b._ 1790; an attorney in London 1816 to death; one of the 4 privileged attorneys of Lord Mayor’s court to 1853 when he received compensation on abolition of the privilege; erected independent chapel afterwards called Maberly chapel in Ball’s Pond road, Islington 1826; author of _Doctrine and practice of attachment in Mayor’s court_ 1818. _d._ Greenhithe, Kent 20 May 1867. ASHMORE, CHARLES. Lieut. col. 36 foot 22 May 1845 to 15 May 1857 when placed on h. p.; col. 30 foot 6 Jany. 1867 to death; general 19 Oct. 1875. _d._ 10 Granville place, Portman sq. 2 March 1881 in 88 year. ASHPITEL, ARTHUR (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ Hackney 15 Dec. 1807; ed. at Homerton; commenced practice as an architect in Crown Court Old Broad st. 1842; built church of St. Barnabas at Homerton 1845; partner with John Whichcord 1850; elected F.S.A. 7 Jan. 1847; F.R.I.B.A. 1841, Vice Pres. 1862; published with John Whichcord “_Observations on baths and wash-houses with an account of their history_” 1855; _Town dwellings an essay on the erection of fire proof houses in flats_ 1855. _d._ 2 Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey 18 Jany. 1869. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i_, 212–15 (1869); _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. 2 series iv_, 299–301. ASHPITEL, WILLIAM HURST. _b._ 1776; pupil of Daniel Asher Alexander the architect of prisons at Dartmoor and Maidstone; assisted him in designs for the London docks; a pupil of John Rennie; largely concerned in Kenneth and Avon canal; partner with James Savage; J.P. for Middlesex; designed the first new church and extensive schools at South Hackney and many other buildings, besides several large engineering works. _d._ Clapton sq. London 23 April 1852 in 76 year. ASHTON, HENRY. _b._ London 1801; employed by Sir Jeffrey Wyattville to 1840; erected stables at Windsor and kennels at Frogmore; erected summer palace at the Hague for king of Holland; architect for Victoria st. improvements in London, and designed Victoria st. opened 6 Aug. 1851. _d._ 18 March 1872. ASHTOWN, FREDERICK MASON TRENCH, 2 Baron. _b._ 25 Dec. 1804; succeeded 1 May 1840; his claim to the peerage was allowed 12 July