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About Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet
Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet, PC was Clerk of the Privy Council, which was the most senior civil servant in the Privy Council Office. Ashley accompanied the fleet to Cádiz as a representative of the Queen. He distinguished himself by the capture of Cádiz and was knighted by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex at Cádiz after the capture of the city. Ashley sat in several parliaments, and was highly distinguished by favour of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Everything about Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1589 Parliament, Member of the 1593 Parliament
- Born
- 1551
- Died
- January 13, 1628, January 13, 1627