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Sir Joseph Ashe 1st Baronet (1618 – 15 April 1686) was an English Whig politician and merchant.Originally from Somerset he was the third son of James Ashe and his wife Grace Pitt daughter of Richard Pitt. In 1757 he settled in Twickenham and bought Cambridge Park Middlesex. On 19 September 1660 after the restoration he was created a baronet of Twickenham in the County of Middlesex by King Charles II of England having been a cavalier.