- Charles Jane Ashley
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Charles Jane Ashley (1773–1843), was a musician.
Ashley was the third son of John Ashley. He was a performer on the violoncello, and also for some time carried on the Covent Garden oratorios with his brother. On 2 May 1811 he was elected secretary of the Royal Society of Musicians, of which he had been a member since 4 May 1794. In the latter part of his life he was for some seasons manager of the Tivoli Gardens at Margate, where he died on 29 August 1843. He was the brother of General Charles Ashley.
References
"Ashley, Charles Jane". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Categories:- 1773 births
- 1843 deaths
- 18th-century musicians
- 19th-century musicians
- 18th-century English people
- 19th-century English people
- Members of the Royal Society of Musicians
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