Thomas Ashworth, known to history as Lord Ashworth, was the Board of Trade commissioner sent from London in 1712 to settle the capital dispute between Lochburn City, Utopia, and Port Oxheller.
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KEY INFO
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🌱 Born : 3 February 1671
🪦 Died : 14 August 1739 (aged 68)
📍 Birthplace : London, England
🪪 Nationality : English
💼 Occupation : Lord, commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations
🗝️ Associated place : Lochburn City, Lochburn County
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TO GO FURTHER
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[1712] Lochburn City Becomes the Colonial Capital
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FUN FACT
The modest house built to lodge Ashworth during his weeks of inspection became known simply as Ashworth House, a name Lochburn City still uses for the building today.
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Little is recorded of Ashworth's early life beyond his birth in London and his appointment as a commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations, the body responsible for overseeing England's colonies since 1696. By 1712, he had built a reputation as a careful and impartial investigator, qualities that made him the Board's choice when Cornelius Lochburn requested outside arbitration for the dispute threatening his colony.
Ashworth crossed the Paciflantic Ocean in 1712 and spent several weeks touring Lochburn City, Utopia, and Port Oxheller, lodging in a house built for him in Lochburn City that would later bear his name. His report to Queen Anne proposed dividing the colony's roles rather than naming a single winner, a compromise the queen adopted in full. He returned to England shortly after, and nothing suggests he ever set foot in the colony again.
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