Martyn Thomas was an interior decorator and was a rejuvenating force in his later years.
He and Frederick Ashton became life partners in 1965. Frederick never really recovered from Martyn's death in a car crash in 1985.
Ashton became a good friend of the Queen Mother, and became a key member of her inner circle, which included many other prominent gay men. He amused her with his sharp wit, taught her to tango and drank martinis with her at Sandringham.
Ashton's mother was born in Yaxley in Suffolk, where the family had a successful farm, and she was buried in the churchyard. In 1948 Frederick bought the old school house in Yaxley overlooking the graveyard, which he renamed Church Cottage. After he left the Royal Ballet in 1970 he retired to his other country house, Chandos Lodge in Eye, a few miles from Yaxley. He died at Chandos Lodge, and was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Yaxley, close to his mother. The simple headstone (see Burial places#Photo gallery) has a carving of a hedgehog, a reference to the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter, for which he created the choreography, and in which he danced the part of Miss Tiggy-winkle.
He and Frederick Ashton became life partners in 1965. Frederick never really recovered from Martyn's death in a car crash in 1985.
Ashton became a good friend of the Queen Mother, and became a key member of her inner circle, which included many other prominent gay men. He amused her with his sharp wit, taught her to tango and drank martinis with her at Sandringham.
Ashton's mother was born in Yaxley in Suffolk, where the family had a successful farm, and she was buried in the churchyard. In 1948 Frederick bought the old school house in Yaxley overlooking the graveyard, which he renamed Church Cottage. After he left the Royal Ballet in 1970 he retired to his other country house, Chandos Lodge in Eye, a few miles from Yaxley. He died at Chandos Lodge, and was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Yaxley, close to his mother. The simple headstone (see Burial places#Photo gallery) has a carving of a hedgehog, a reference to the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter, for which he created the choreography, and in which he danced the part of Miss Tiggy-winkle.
Martyn Thomas was an interior decorator and was a rejuvenating force in his later years.
He and Frederick Ashton became life partners in 1965. Frederick never really recovered from Martyn's death in a car crash in 1985.
Ashton became a good friend of the Queen Mother, and became a key member of her inner circle, which included many other prominent gay men. He amused her with his sharp wit, taught her to tango and drank martinis with her at Sandringham.
Ashton's mother was born in Yaxley in Suffolk, where the family had a successful farm, and she was buried in the churchyard. In 1948 Frederick bought the old school house in Yaxley overlooking the graveyard, which he renamed Church Cottage. After he left the Royal Ballet in 1970 he retired to his other country house, Chandos Lodge in Eye, a few miles from Yaxley. He died at Chandos Lodge, and was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Yaxley, close to his mother. The simple headstone (see Burial places#Photo gallery) has a carving of a hedgehog, a reference to the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter, for which he created the choreography, and in which he danced the part of Miss Tiggy-winkle.
He and Frederick Ashton became life partners in 1965. Frederick never really recovered from Martyn's death in a car crash in 1985.
Ashton became a good friend of the Queen Mother, and became a key member of her inner circle, which included many other prominent gay men. He amused her with his sharp wit, taught her to tango and drank martinis with her at Sandringham.
Ashton's mother was born in Yaxley in Suffolk, where the family had a successful farm, and she was buried in the churchyard. In 1948 Frederick bought the old school house in Yaxley overlooking the graveyard, which he renamed Church Cottage. After he left the Royal Ballet in 1970 he retired to his other country house, Chandos Lodge in Eye, a few miles from Yaxley. He died at Chandos Lodge, and was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Yaxley, close to his mother. The simple headstone (see Burial places#Photo gallery) has a carving of a hedgehog, a reference to the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter, for which he created the choreography, and in which he danced the part of Miss Tiggy-winkle.
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