Clarence Wilder Ashford (February 24, 1857 – July 3, 1921) was the Attorney General of the Hawaiian Kingdom under Kalākaua from 1887 to 1890 and later appointed circuit court judge during the Territory of Hawaii from 1914 to 1919.

[1] He was born in Canada West, and a cousin to Minister of the Interior Samuel Gardner Wilder.

He and his brother Volney V. Ashford became involved with the Honolulu Rifles during the 1887 coup against King Kalākaua.

[2][3] Both brothers were exiled to San Francisco after the 1895 counter-revolution to restore the monarchy.

[4][5] President Woodrow Wilson appointed him First Judge of First Circuit Court, District of Hawaii in 1914, a position he held until his retirement.