Trevor Ashe (1770–1836) (also known as Thomas Ashe) was a writer, newspaper editor, publisher, museum director and entrepreneur, as well as a confidence trickster and blackmailer. He is best known on the Isle of Man for having opened the first "Manx Museum" in 1825, as well as having published the first Manx novel and one of the Island's earliest books of poetry. He is also notable for his attempt to blackmail the Duke of Cumberland in 1830.
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1770 Glasnevin, Ireland
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1836 (aged 65) Bath, England
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