"Lady Ashley, on becoming entitled to the property, granted leases, the Marquis of Donegall having died on the 20th October, 1888, leaving the present applicant, Lady Harriet Ashley, his only child surviving, who thereupon succeeded, and was at present benefically entitled to the estates for lIfe. Portion of the lands so settled are suitable and immediately available for building purposes. Portion of the property in Belfast particularly referred to in the affidavit was in the neighbourhood of Lodge Road, better known as Cliftonville Road; also, ground in Cromac in the east side of the public road leading from Belfast to Newtownbreda, containing 16a. 8r. 15p, statute measure, exclusive of the Ormeau Cricket Ground; also, ground on the south-west side of Donegall Street and south side of Church Street; ground on the south west corner of Corn Market". (Report in the Belfast Newsletter - on Wednesday 23 July 1884).
Lady Harriet Ashley was mentioned in the Town Improvement Committee minutes of 21st January 1885 with land in the Cliftonville Road area.
There was an advertisement in the Belfast Telegraph on Friday 10 June 1898 for houses in Ashley Gardens.
Surmise: Ashley Gardens may have been called after Lady Harriet Ashley.