| abstract | - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ashley-Scarlett (1886-11 May 1976) was an army officer, school manager and local politician active in the Hampstead area. In 1909 he was granted a commission in the 2nd Battalion of the London Regiment. During the First World War he served with the Royal Fusiliers on the Western Front. he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in July 1918 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during two heavy enemy counter-attacks". A resident of Hampstead, he was a member of Hampstead Borough Council, and served two terms as Mayor of Hampstead in 1957-58 and 1958-59. He served as deputy mayor of the borough in 1959-60, 1960-61 and 1962-63. He was also chairman of Wandsworth Prison.
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