Charles Jane Ashley was a musician.

Ashley was the third son of John Ashley

John Ashley (musician)

John Ashley was the father of a remarkable family of musicians who flourished towards the end of the eighteenth century....

. He was a performer on the violoncello, and also for some time carried on the Covent Garden oratorios

Oratórios

Oratórios is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Ponte Nova.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...

 with his brother. On 2 May 1811 he was elected secretary of the Royal Society of Musicians

Royal Society of Musicians

The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain is a charity in the United Kingdom that supports musicians. It is the oldest music-related charity in Great Britain, founded in 1738 as the "Fund for Decay'd Musicians" by a declaration of trust signed by 228 musicians, including Edward Purcell ,...

, of which he had been a member since 4 May 1794. In the latter part of his life he was for some seasons manager of the Tivoli Gardens at Margate, where he died on 29 August 1843. He was the brother of General Charles Ashley.