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
Sir Edward Frederick, 9th Baronet Sir Edward Frederick, 9th Baronet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Boscawen Frederick, 9th Baronet, (29 June 1880 – 26 October 1956) was a British Army officer, first-class cricketer and courtier. Frederick was born at Loppington Hall, Shropshire. He was the second son of Sir Charles Frederick, 7th baronet, and grandson of General Edward Frederick. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From Sandhurst, Frederick was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 11 February 1899. He fought with the 2nd battalion in the Second Boer War and was present at the battles of Colenso (December