Thomas Ashe (1770–1835) was an Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer.

Biography

Ashe was the third son of a

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officer, and was born at

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, near

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, 15 July 1770. He received a commission in the 83rd regiment of foot, which, however, was almost immediately afterwards disbanded; and he was sent to a counting-house at

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. There he suffered a short imprisonment for wounding in a

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a gentleman whose sister he had seduced, but, the wound not proving fatal, the prosecution was not persisted in. Returning to Dublin, Ashe was appointed secretary to the Diocesan and Endowed Schools Commission, but, getting into debt, resigned his office and retired to Switzerland. He then spent several years in foreign travel, living, according to his own account,Memoirs and Confessions, 3 vols. 1815 in a free and unconstrained fashion, and experiencing a somewhat chequered fortune. In his later years Ashe was short of money. He died at Bath on 17 December 1835.

Works

Besides recording in his ''Memoirs'' his impressions of the countries he visited, Ashe published separately: * ''Travels in America in 1806'', 1808; * ''Memoirs of

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'', 1806; and * ''A Commercial and Geographical Sketch of Brazil and

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'', 1812. * ''History of the

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'',1813. He was also the author of novels, including the ''Spirit of the Book'', 1811, 4th edition 1812; the ''Liberal Critic, or Henry Percy'', 1812: and the ''Soldier of Fortune'', 1816.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe, Thomas People from Glasnevin 1770 births 1835 deaths 18th-century Irish novelists 19th-century Irish novelists 19th-century travel writers British duellists Irish travel writers Irish male novelists 19th-century male writers Writers from Dublin (city)