Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet

Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet (1618 – 15 April 1686)^[1] was an English Whig politician and merchant.

Originally from Somerset,^[2] he was the third son of James Ashe and his wife Grace Pitt, daughter of Richard Pitt.^[3] In 1757, he settled in Twickenham and bought Cambridge Park, Middlesex.^[2] On 19 September 1660, after the restoration, he was created a baronet, of Twickenham, in the County of Middlesex by King Charles II of England,^[3] having been a cavalier.^[2] Ashe entered the British House of Commons in 1670 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Downton to 1681.^[4]

By 1658, he married Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson.^[5] They had two sons and three daughters.^[3] Ashe was buried at Twickenham^[5] and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only surviving son James.^[6]

References[]

^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Twickenham Museum, Official Website – People". Retrieved 8 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 16.
^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Downton". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage – Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 February 2007.
^ Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68.

Parliament of England
Preceded by	Member of Parliament for Downton 1670–1681 With: 1670–1675 Henry Eyre 1675–1678 Maurice Bocland 1678–1681	Succeeded by Maurice Bocland
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Twickenham) 1660–1686	Succeeded by James Ashe

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[1] "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Twickenham-2] "Twickenham Museum, Official Website – People". Retrieved 8 May 2009.

[Burke-3] Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 16.

[4] "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Downton". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ThePeerage-5] "ThePeerage – Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 February 2007.

[6] Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68.

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