William Ashford (1746–1824) was an English painter who worked exclusively in Ireland, where he lived from the age of 18, having initially in the same way as there to take up a post taking into consideration the Ordnance Office. His olden paintings were flower pieces and still lifes, but from 1772 he exhibited landscapes. He became President of the Irish Society of Artists in 1813, and was first elected President of the Royal Hibernian Academy. His works tote up a set of views in and not far and wide off from Mount Merrion, painted for the 4th Earl FitzWilliam.
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