- 1952), daughter of Reverend Charles John Kenward Shaw and Julia Elizabeth Boteler, on 14 January 1897.
[2] In 1900 Ashmore was appointed a companion in the Order of St Michael and St George, as part of the New Years Honours, for his services as receiver-general and chief collector of customs and excise of the Island of Cyprus.
[1] Between 1900 and 1901 he served on the Transvaal Concessions Commission in South Africa and London, before taking up the position of Colonial Secretary of British Guinea in April 1901.
[1][3] He was appointed the colonial secretary of Ceylon on 10 September 1904, succeeding Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn.
[5] He served as colonial secretary until his death, in Colombo at Temple Trees, on 7 December 1906 from appendicitis.