Moving to Surrey in 1950, he bought an established bookshop, the Ibis, in Banstead.
The family moved to Surrey, where John had piano lessons and was introduced to early music.
Hampshire have produced the potentially brilliant Chris Tremlett, although it appears to have taken a move to Surrey to unlock his ability.
The Ashleys moved to Surrey and then, in the late 1950s, to Carno, Wales, site of what became the world headquarters of their expanding operations.
Tremlett moved to Surrey from Hampshire in January and bowled with fire and accuracy in taking 48 first-class wickets at 20.18 this summer.
When he was 10 and a proud geordie, the family moved to Surrey and he went to Tiffin school in Kingston, which he hated.
He and his wife Rachael, along with their three young children, have quit the dream world of Dubai and moved to Surrey.
Hence the selection of Jason Roy, the 24-year-old who was born in Durban but moved to Surrey as a boy, and is expected to form a potentially explosive opening partnership with Alex Hales at Edgbaston.
And, most importantly, we see her parents, hard working Scots who moved to Surrey and brought up their little princess in comfort and security to achieve whatever she wanted.
Until last season's move to Surrey restoked his ambition – an ambition restoked in a largely unsuccessful side – it seemed that he might never add to these three caps.
