Algernon Ashton

Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (9 December 1859 – 10 April 1937) was a British composer, pianist, and Professor of piano at the Royal College of Music 1884–1910.

He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory as a pupil of Carl Reinecke and Theodor Coccius.

[8] In later years he became well known for his many letters to English newspapers concerning the upkeep of the graves of distinguished people.

Ashton was also well known for keeping a daily diary for the majority of his life from the age of 15 running to some 58 volumes.

The diaries and the unpublished works are believed to have been destroyed during the Blitz when his family home was hit by German bombs.