Ashley Louis David Hicks (born 18 July 1963) is a British interior designer, author, photographer and artist. He is the only son of Lady Pamela Hicks (née Mountbatten) and David Hicks. Hicks has designed interiors in Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He also has a fabric line for Lee Jofa and furniture lines.
Hicks is the grandson of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He was also the godson of his first cousin once-removed, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Through his mother, he is in the line of succession to the earldom of Mountbatten of Burma, a title created with a special remainder that allows for inheritance through the female line (meaning through the two daughters of the 1st Earl).
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Early life and family
Ashley Louis David Hicks was born on 18 July 1963, at King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London. He is the son and second child of David and Lady Pamela Hicks, and the younger brother of Edwina Brudenell and the older brother of India Hicks.
Hicks was raised at Britwell House, an 18th-century house in Britwell Salome in Oxfordshire, that served as the family's home, as well as his father's showplace. It was there that his father designed elaborate landscapes that were "virtual outdoor rooms with carefully framed vistas". Hicks was a boarding student at Stowe School. In 1978, the family decided to sell the house, and Hicks attended the three-day Sotheby's sale, 20–22 March 1979. After the auction, the Hicks family moved to The Grove, a nearby estate, and also resided at Albany, an historic and exclusive apartment house in Piccadilly.