ASHFIELD, ALBERT HENRY STANLEY, 1ST BARON (1874— ) British business man, was born at Derby Nov. 8 1874. He spent his early years in the United States, and was edu cated at American technical schools and colleges. He entered the service of the Detroit City Street Railways and had a successful business career, becoming general manager of the company and subsequently of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. In 1907 he returned to England, and became general manager of the Metropolitan District Railway and soon after chairman and man aging director of the traffic combine which included the London Underground Electric Railway companies and the London General Omnibus Company.
In 1914 he was knighted. On the formation of Lloyd George's Government in 1916 Sir Albert Stanley was elected to Parliament as a Coalition Unionist for Ashton-under-Lyne, being included in the Cabinet as president of the board of trade. He resigned in May 1919, and, Jan. 1920 was raised to the peerage. He was chairman of the Underground Group of Companies from 1919 to 1933, when he became chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board.