Kenneth H. Ashley

Kenneth Herbert Ashley (1885-1969) was an English poet and novelist. He was born to Herbert and Mary Ashley in Mansfield Woodhouse in 1885, the third of three sons, and married Bertha Raithby (1888-1981) in 1917 in Mansfield.[1] His publications include a book of poetry entitled "Up Hill and Down Dale" (1924), and the novels "Creighton the Admirable" (1926) and "Death of a Curate" (1932). In addition his poems were published in The London Mercury, The Spectator, The Athenaeum[2] and various anthologies. His poem "Rudkin" was selected by Leonard Strong as one of the best poems of 1923.[3]

References
  1. "The Poetry of Kenneth H Ashley".
  2. Ashley, Kenneth H (1924). Up Hill and Down Dale. John lane The Bodley Head.
  3. Strong, Leonard (1977). The Best Poems of 1923. Ayer Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8369-6354-0.


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