About Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1674 – 1733 (aged 58–59). Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet was a British and English politician.
Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet (27 July 1674 – 8 November 1733) was an English baronet and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1701 to 1705.
Background Ashe was the eldest surviving son of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson. In 1686, aged only eleven, he succeeded his father as baronet. Ashe owned land in Wiltshire and held shares of the East India Company. A year later, Ashe was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire. He stood for Downton again in 1708, however unsuccessfully.
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