Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet

[3] Ashe owned land in Wiltshire and held shares of the East India Company.

[5] A year later, Ashe was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

[4] Ashe died intestate at his seat at Twickenham Meadows and was buried at St Margaret's Church, Halstead, Kent.

[4] His son having predeceased him, the baronetcy became extinct with Ashe's death.

[2] His only surviving daughter, Martha, inherited his estate, and, as a condition of the succession, her husband Joseph Windham – who also eventually became MP for Downton – took on her surname of Ashe in addition to his own by Act of Parliament (7 Geo.