Robert Hoadley Ashe (1751–1826) was an English

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Life

Ashe was born about 1751, the son of a prebendary of Winchester, educated at

Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...

, compounded for M.A. 1793, and B.D. and

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1794. From 1775 to 1826 he held the living of Crewkerne,

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

. He took the name of Hoadley upon inheriting a property from his aunt, who had married a son of Bishop Hoadley. He died on 3 May 1826.

Works

Ashe edited in 1787 a volume of poetical translations by "Master John Browne of Crewkerne, a boy of twelve years old". In 1799 he published a letter to

John Milner John David Milner (December 28, 1949 – January 4, 2000) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from to for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal E ...

, author of the history of Winchester, vindicating Bishop Hoadley from Milner's "false and illiberal aspersions". Several letters of his are printed in Nichols's 'Illustrations'.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe, Robert Hoadley 1751 births 1826 deaths 18th-century English people 19th-century English people Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford