Henry Ashurst (c. 1614 – 1680), was a wealthy and benevolent merchant of London, noted for his gifts of money to pious or charitable purposes.
Henry Ashurst the son was apprenticed at the age of fifteen to a London draper; his prospects were advanced by a loan from the Rev.
In 1667 he was living at Lauderdale House, but at the time of his death, which occurred in November 1680, he is described as of Hackney.
Ashurst acted as treasurer for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, was a trustee of Boyle's Lectures, and was a patron of religious literature.
Baxter describes him as 'the most exemplary person for eminent sobriety, self-denial, piety, and charity that London could glory of, as far as public observation, and fame, and his most intimate friends could testify.'