DA
's father, William Henry Roxburghe Ashford
(1836-1912), was a former official at the War Office
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
After he married Emma, Willie's step-children referred to him as father and they grew very fond of him...
Occupation
Daisy Ashford
When William Ashford
died in 1912, Daisy and Vera gave up their studio in London to come home and care for their mother, who was suffering from arthritis.
Malcomson, R. M. Daisy Ashford: Her Life. Chatto & Windus, 1984.
