Frederick Ashton retirement in 1963, in the company known successively as the Vic-Wells Ballet, the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet. He succeeded de Valois as director of the company, serving until his own retirement in 1970. Ashton is widely credited with the creation of a specifically English genre of ballet. Among his best-known works are "Façade" (1931), "Symphonic Variations" (1946), "Cinderella" (1948), "La fille mal gardée" (1960), "Monotones" I and II (1965), "Enigma Variations" (1968) and the feature film ballet "The Tales of Beatrix Potter" (1970). Ashton was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the fourth of the five children of George
Henry Ashton (architect) exhibited many designs at the Academy. He died in Kensington, London on 18 March 1872. Henry Ashton (architect) Henry Ashton (1801–1872) was an English architect. Ashton was born in London, and became a pupil of Sir Robert Smirke. Afterwards, and till death, he was employed by Sir Jeffrey Wyattville. He erected the stables at Windsor and the kennels at Frogmore. In 1838 he was employed by the King of the Netherlands to build the summer palace at the Hague. He was the architect of the improvements in Victoria Street and designed the thoroughfare which connects Belgravia with the Houses of