Ashley Wilkes

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Ashley Wilkes
Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes in the Gone With the Wind film trailer
First appearance	Gone with the Wind
Last appearance	Rhett Butler's People
Created by	Margaret Mitchell
Portrayed by	Leslie Howard Stephen Collins
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Aristocrat
Spouse	Melanie Wilkes née Hamilton (deceased)
Children	Beau Wilkes (son, with Melanie) Unborn child (second child with Melanie; deceased)
Relatives	John Wilkes (father; deceased) Mrs Wilkes (mother; deceased) India Wilkes (sister) Honey née Wilkes (sister; not in the film) Brother-in-law (Honey's husband; not in the film) Henry Hamilton (uncle; not in the film) Sarah Jane "Pittypat" Hamilton (aunt) William R. Hamilton (father-in-law and uncle; deceased) Mrs Hamilton (mother-in-law and aunt; deceased) Charles Hamilton (cousin and brother-in-law; deceased) Scarlett Hamilton née O'Hara (sister-in-law; Charles wife) Wade Hampton Hamilton (nephew; via Scarlett and Charles)

George Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and the 1939 film of the same name.^[1] The character also appears in the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind written by Alexandra Ripley, and in Rhett Butler's People (2007) by Donald McCaig.