William Ashton

English chartist; weaver; transported to australia in the 1830s for participation in a strike and riots in 1829.
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IntroEnglish chartist; weaver; transported to australia in the 1830s for participation in a strike and riots in 1829.
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasWeaver
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1806
Death1 January 1877 (aged 71 years)
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Biography

William or Bill Ashton may refer to: Bill Ashton (cartoonist), South African cartoonist Bill Ashton (jazz musician) (born 1936), British jazz musician Brian Ashton (rugby union) (born 1946), full name William Brian Ashton William Howard Ashton (born 1943), real name of Billy J. Kramer, English singer William Ashton (1803-1870), English co-operator Will Ashton (1881–1963), British-Australian artist William Ashton (MP), British Member of Parliament for Hertford (UK Parliament constituency) 1621–5 and Appleby 1626, 1628 William Ashton, Chief Engineer of the Oregon Short Line Railroad (fl. c. 1881), after whom the city of Ashton, Idaho was named William E. Ashton, gynecologist and Army officer during World War I

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