Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley was a British barrister and Liberal politician. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him. After entering Parliament at a by-election in 1864, Ashley served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1880 to 1882 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1882 to 1885.
- Occupation
- politician, barrister, writer, biographer
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- July 24, 1836
