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

under £350,000 April 1881. ASHURST, WILLIAM (_son of the succeeding_). _b._ 1819; admitted solicitor Jany. 1843; partner with his father; partner with John Morris about 1855–62; solicitor to the Post Office 1862 to death; a great friend of Garibaldi and Mazzini. _d._ 7 Prince of Wales’s Terrace, Kensington, London 14 July 1879 in 60 year. ASHURST, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ London 11 Feb. 1792; a solicitor in London; belonged to a small sect called ‘Freethinking Christians’; member of common council of city of London; undersheriff; a founder of the society of the ‘Friends of Italy,’ 1851 and of the ‘Peoples International League,’ 1852; took an active part in agitation against church rates; author of _The Corporation Register_ 1832, which advocated reforms in the city. _d._ Wimbledon Park, Surrey 13 Oct. 1855. ASHWELL, REV. ARTHUR RAWSON. _b._ Cheyne Walk Chelsea 9 Dec. 1824; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; scholar of Caius coll. 1846; 15 Wr. 1847, B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850; C. of Speldhurst Kent 1848–49; C. of St. Mary the less, Cam. 1849–50; vice principal of St. Mark’s college Chelsea Jany. 1851 to Nov. 1852; principal of Oxford diocesan training college at Culham Nov. 1852 to 1862; minister of Holy Trinity church Hanover square London 1862–64; principal of Durham training college 1865–70; canon res. of Chichester and principal of Chichester theological college 1870; R. of St. Andrew’s Chichester 1871–75; R. of St. Martin’s Chichester 1872–75; chancellor of Chichester cath. 1879 to death, installed 19 June 1879; edited the _Literary Churchman_ 1864–76 and Sep. 1879 to death, and the _Church quarterly review_ 1876. (_m._ 20 April 1854 Elizabeth eld. dau. of J. F. Fixsen of Blackheath.) _d._ Chichester 23 Oct. 1879. _Literary Churchman xxv_, 443–45, 501 (1879). ASHWELL, JAMES. _b._ Nottingham 1799. One of the six founders of the society afterwards known as the Institution of Civil engineers 2 Jany. 1818, it obtained a royal charter 3 June 1828; a fellow commoner at Jesus coll. Cam.; managing director and engineer in chief of the Great Luxembourg railway company 1847–52. _d._ Mildmay lodge, Weston-super-Mare 2 July 1881. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxvi_, 372–75 (1881.) ASHWELL, SAMUEL. _b._ Nottingham 1798; studied at Guy’s Hospital, London 1817–20; general practitioner in Lime st. square 1821–30; obstetric asst. to Guy’s Hosp. 1820; obstetric physician and lecturer May 1834 to 1846; M.R.C.P. 1835; removed to the West end 1840; author of _Practical treatise on parturition_ 1828; _A practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women_ 1848. _d._ 30 Brook st. Grosvenor sq. 21 Dec. 1857. _Medical Circular i_, 109–111 (1852), _portrait_. ASHWORTH, EDMUND. _b._ Birtwhistle near Bolton; partner with his brother Henry as spinners at Egerton Mill near Bolton; member of Anti-Corn-Law League 1839; member of Manchester chamber of commerce, a director 1868–78, pres. 1874–77; said to be original of Mr. Millbank in ‘_Coningsby_’; a magistrate for Bolton April 1847 to death; one of founders of Cotton supply association 1857; the first pres. of Bolton British school union. _d._ Southport 21 March 1881 in 81 year. _Manchester Guardian 22 March 1881 p._ 5, _col._ 4, and _26 March p._ 11, _col._ 4. ASHWORTH, SIR FREDERICK (_2 son of Robert Ashworth of Dublin_). _b._ Dublin 1783; ensign 58 foot 6 July 1799; major 22 Nov. 1810 to 20 Feb. 1817 when placed on h.p.; knighted by lord lieut. 1850; lieut. general 20 June 1854; colonel of 44 foot 8 Feb. 1855 to death. (_m._ 29 Oct. 1833 Harriet eld. dau. of Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7 Bart., she was _b._ 1815 and _m._ (2) 26 Feb. 1862 George Hamilton Chichester, 3 Marquess of Donegal). _d._ 5 St. George’s place, Hyde park corner, London 1 Aug. 1858. ASHWORTH, HENRY. _b._ Birtwhistle near Bolton 4 Sep. 1794; ed. at Ackworth school; partner with his brother Edmund; a founder of “Anti-Corn Law Association” 10 Jany. 1839, afterwards called “The National Anti-Corn-Law League”; great friend of Bright and Cobden, the three were known as the A, B, C of the League, the final meeting of which was held in Manchester town hall 2 July 1846; author of _Statistical illustrations of Lancashire_ 1842; _A tour in the United States, Cuba and Canada_ 1861. _d._ Florence 17 May