William Ashe (1647–1713)
English politician
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William Ashe (17 November 1647 – 22 October 1713), of the Inner Temple and Heytesbury, Wiltshire, was an English politician.
Early life
He was born the son of Edward Ashe, of Fenchurch Street, London,[1] who was MP for Heytesbury from 1640 to 1652, and Elizabeth Jolliffe, daughter of William Joliffe, brother of William Joliffe,[2] of Leek.[3] His paternal uncle was John Ashe, MP for Westbury and Somerset.[4]
He was educated at the Inner Temple, (1652) and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1664.[1]
Career
He succeeded his father in 1656 to his estates, including the Heytesbury estate in Wiltshire, rebuilding Heytesbury House in c. 1700.[1]
Political career
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Heytesbury on 8 October 1668, March 1679, October 1679, 1681, 1685, 1689, 1690, 1695, 1698 and January 1701 and for Wiltshire in December 1701.[1]
He was also a Commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from 1673 to 1680, for Kent from 1677 to 1680, and for Kent and Wiltshire from 1689 to 1690, he was a Justice of the Peace from 1689 to his death and a Deputy Lieutenant by 1701, probably to his death.[1]
Personal life
He married twice; firstly in 1670, Anne Popham, the daughter of Gen. Alexander Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire, with whom he had four sons and a daughter, including:[1]
- Edward Ashe (c. 1673–1748), MP for Heytesbury; he married Frances Luttrell in 1710.[5]
- William Ashe (b. 1675), a merchant who was also MP for Heytesbury.[6]
- Alexander Ashe (b. 1677)
- John Ashe (b. 1681)
- Elizabeth Ashe (1682–1768), who married Pierce à Court, also MP for Heytesbury.[7][8]
- Laetitia Ashe, who married Thomas Penruddocke, son of Thomas Penruddocke, MP for Wilton.[citation needed]
He married, secondly, to Mary (née Rivett), Lady Appleton, the daughter of John Rivett, Skinner, of London and the widow of Sir Henry Appleton, 4th Baronet of South Benfleet, Essex.[1]
He died in 1713 and was buried at Heytesbury. He was succeeded by his son Edward.[1]
Descendants
Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Pierce Ashe-à Court (c. 1707–1768),[9] and William Ashe-à Court (c. 1708–1781),[10] who married Annabella Vernon (a daughter of Thomas Vernon, MP for Whitchurch, and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Vernon).[11]