Ashley, Professor Maurice Percy (1907–1994)

A 17th-century historian who wrote influentially on the Civil War and the Protectorate, and was a long-term president of the Cromwell Association.

Forenames:

Maurice Percy

Surname:

Ashley

Title:

Professor

Honours:

CBE

Dates:

1907–1994

Institutions:

Cromwell Association
The Listener

Significant posts:

Editor, The Listener

Influences:

Churchill, Winston

Themes:

Seventeenth century

Obituaries:

Independent

Bibliography

• Bibliography from Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

Personal papers

• National Register of Archives

Significant publications

• Maurice Ashley, Financial and Commercial Policy under the Cromwellian Protectorate (London, 1934)
• Maurice Ashley, Oliver Cromwell: the Conservative Dictator (London, 1937)

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