Evelyn Ashley
Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley (born July 24, 1836 in London , † November 15, 1907 in the country house Broadlands near Romsey , Hampshire ) was a British writer and politician .
Origin and life
Ashley, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury , and brother of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury , attended school at Harrow and studied at Trinity College , Cambridge , where he graduated in 1858. In 1863 he became trustee in London and from 1863 to 1874 he served as treasurer of the Dorset County Courts .
In 1874 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament for the Isle of Wight , but was elected for Poole in May of that year and had been a member of the House of Commons for Wight since 1880. He joined the Liberal Party , became Parliamentary State Secretary of the Board of Trade in April 1880 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Office in May 1882 . In 1891 he was appointed Privy Councilor .
He had a close relationship with the long-time Prime Minister Lord Palmerston and was for a time his private secretary. In the mid-19th century, Palmerston sold him his country estate Broadlands near Romsey near Southampton . As a writer, Ashley published a fundamental biography of Palmerston ( Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston , London 1876, 2 vols.).
Family and offspring
Ashley married Sybella Farquhar in 1866. After her death in 1886 he married Lady Alice Cole, daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen . His son Wilfrid (1867-1939) came from his first marriage , who was a member of the British government as Minister of Transport from 1924 to 1929 and was raised to the nobility in 1932 as Baron Mount Temple . Lord Mount Temple married Amalia Mary Maud Cassel, a daughter of the banker Sir Ernest Cassel , in 1901 and had daughters Edwina and Ruth with her .
Web links
- Literature by and about Evelyn Ashley in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hon. Anthony Ashley at Hansard (English)
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SURNAME | Ashley, Evelyn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashley, Anthony Evelyn Melbourne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and politician, member of the House of Commons |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1836 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1907 |
Place of death | Broadlands Country House at Romsey , Hampshire |