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.