Evelyn Ashley

Evelyn Ashley
"Palmerston's Secretary". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1883.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
12 May 1882 – 9 June 1885
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byLeonard Courtney
Succeeded byThe Earl of Dunraven
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
In office
29 April 1880 – 12 May 1882
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byJohn Gilbert Talbot
Succeeded byJohn Holms
Member of Parliament
In office
26 May 1874 – 7 November 1885
Preceded byCharles Waring
Succeeded byCharles Schreiber
Personal details
Born24 July 1836
Died16 November 1907 (1907-11-17) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)(1) Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (d. 1886)
(2) Lady Alice Cole (d. 1931)
Children2
Parent(s)Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Lady Emily Cowper
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley PC (24 July 1836 – 16 November 1907) 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.