Sir Arthur Leigh Bolland Ashton (1897âÂÂ1983) was a British art historian and director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Ashton was the son of the Arthur Jacob Ashton, KC, Recorder of Manchester. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1945, he was appointed director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, taking over from Eric Maclagan.
Ashton retired in 1955, and was succeeded by Trenchard Cox.
In 1952, he married the fashion editor and academic Madge Garland, in a marriage of convenience. They divorced in 1962, and had no children.