Charles Ashton (1848 – 13 October 1899) was a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

literary historian and bibliophile, born in Llawr-y-glyn,

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

( Powys). A police officer by profession, Ashton is chiefly remembered for his pioneering and thorough survey of 17th to 19th century Welsh literature, ''Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850'', published in 1893. He also published a history of Dinas Mawddwy in 1892. Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.

Works

*''Bywyd ac Amserau yr Esgob Morgan'' (1891) *''Gweithiau Iolo Goch'' (1896) *''Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig 1650-1850'' (1893) *''Llyfryddiaeth y 19eg Ganrif'' (1908)

References

External links

Charles Ashton Letters and Newspaper Cuttings
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton, Charles 19th-century Welsh writers Welsh-language writers 1848 births 1899 deaths 1890s suicides People from Montgomeryshire