Biography

Ellis Ashton was born on December 1, 1919, in Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, northwest England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. His parents were Joseph and Beatrice Ashton. He was educated at Holy Trinity of Liverpool and at the Army Formation College. Ashton married Margaret Mitchell. He died in London on October 31, 1985, aged 65. (Obituary in The Times, November 8, 1985).

Affiliations

Ellis Ashton served as the Chairman of the British Music Hall Society. Ashton was a founding member of the Theatres Trust and the British Theatre Institute. He served as a president of the National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees

National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees

The National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees was an entertainment trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in the aftermath of a strike at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1890, as the United Kingdom Theatrical and Music Hall Operatives' Union...

. Ashton was the Governor of Ruskin College and Vice President of the Ruskin Fellowship

Ruskin Fellowship

The Ruskin Fellowship is an alumni association for former students and staff of Ruskin College, Oxford, England. The fellowship was established at Whitsuntide 1912. The Ruskin College Annual Report for 1911/1912 says: "The bond between present and ex-students has been strengthened by the formation...

. He is also a Fellow of the following societies: FRSA, the FLS

FLS

FLS is a three letter acronym that can refer to:* Fire life safety* Fellow of the Linnean Society of London* First Language School, a high school in Varna, Bulgaria* First Level Support, a support level in a multi-tiered technical support structure...

, the FZS, and the FRGS.