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Charles Ashton (1848 – 13 October 1899) was a Welsh literary historian and bibliophile, born in Llawr-y-glyn, Montgomeryshire (Powys).

A police officer by profession,[1] Ashton is chiefly remembered for his pioneering and thorough survey of 17th to 19th century Welsh literature, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig o 1651 hyd 1850, published in 1893.[2] He also published a history of Dinas Mawddwy in 1892.[3]

Ashton committed suicide after attacking his wife with a razor in 1899.[4]

Works

• Bywyd ac Amserau yr Esgob Morgan (1891)
• Gweithiau Iolo Goch (1896)
• Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig 1650-1850 (1893)
• Llyfryddiaeth y 19eg Ganrif (1908)

References

External links

• Charles Ashton Letters and Newspaper Cuttings

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