Robert Aske (merchant)

Robert Aske
Alderman Robert Aske
Born
Robert Aske

(1619-02-24)24 February 1619
Died27 January 1689(1689-01-27) (aged 69)
London, England
OccupationSilk merchant
TitleMaster Haberdasher
RelativesAske baronets

Robert Aske (24 February 1619 – 27 January 1689) was a 17th-century English philanthropist, merchant and haberdasher, who served as an Alderman of London.

Aske is remembered primarily for the charitable foundation he endowed nowadays operating two leading schools at Elstree, Haberdashers' Boys' School and Haberdashers' School for Girls and the non-fee paying Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham school in New Cross, as well as others in the London area.