William Henry Ashurst (solicitor)
William Henry Ashurst (1792–1855) was an English solicitor, deeply involved in the radical politics of his time.
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In 1832 Ashurst published the Corporation Register, advocating reforms in the City of London, and especially in the court of aldermen. He published pamphlets in 1835, 1837, and 1839 against church rates, denouncing the imprisonment of Mr. Childs at Bungay, supporting an agitation in Southwark, and attacking a petition for the imprisonment of John Thoroughgood, who had refused to pay at Chelmsford.
Ashurst was survived by five children, all known as activists:[3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ashurst, William Henry (1792-1855)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.