Background
He was the oldest surviving son of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson.
He was the oldest 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.
From 1709 they lived separately, but were not divorced. Ashe died intestate at his seat in Twickenham and was buried in Halstead in Kent.
He entered the English House of Commons in 1701, sitting as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Downton, the constituency his father has represented before, until 1705.