Leigh Ashton (museum director)
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Sir Arthur Leigh Bolland Ashton FSA [1] (1897–1983) was a British art historian and director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Early life
Ashton was the son of the jurist A. J. Ashton KC, a court recorder in Manchester. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford.[2]
Career
In 1945, he was appointed director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, taking over from Eric Maclagan.[2]
Ashton retired in 1955, and was succeeded by Trenchard Cox.[2]
Personal life
In 1952, he married the fashion editor and academic Madge Garland, in a marriage of convenience.[2] They divorced in 1962, and had no children.[3]
