Bernard Ashley (businessman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1926
Place of Birth: Brixton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Feb-2009
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Bernard Ashley (businessman)
- Sir Bernard Albert Ashley (11 August 1926 – 14 February 2009) was an English businessperson and engineer.
- He was the husband of Laura Ashley, and was her business partner from the founding of their fashion-textiles-centred business. An engineer with a love of trains, planes and boats, Ashley was often portrayed in the media as a businessperson instead of a designer – but he had a huge love of colour and design. He had interests in Laura Ashley Holdings and the country-house hotel Llangoed Hall.
- Ranked 796th richest person in the UK with a fortune of £60m in fashion and hotels by the Sunday Times Rich List.
- He lived mainly in Brussels, but had houses in Hay-on-Wye and France.
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