Frank Ash Yeo

Who was Frank Ash Yeo?

Frank Ash Yeo was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.

Yeo was born at Bideford, Devon, the son of Thomas Yeo and his wife Elizabeth Woollacott. He was educated at Bideford School, and in Germany and France. He moved to Swansea where he was a colliery owner and director of the Swansea Bank and the Swansea Blast Furnace Company. In 1874 he was Mayor of Swansea, and commemorated his Mayoralty by donating the Chain of Office in 1875. In 1878 he became Chairman of Swansea Harbour Trust. He lived at Sketty Hall.

In 1885, Yeo was elected as Member of Parliament for Gower and held the seat until his death three years later at the age of 55.

Yeo married Sarah Cory at Cardiff in 1858. She died in 1863 and he married Mary Dowson of Northallerton in 1868.