Angus Ashworth’s wife is Gemma Mawman. The pair have been together since around 2002, over 24 years as of 2026. They share three children, two sons and a daughter, and live in a bungalow in rural Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire. Gemma has no public social media presence and has never spoken to the press.
Angus Ashworth has spent more than a decade in front of British TV cameras. His wife has spent that same time making sure she never appears on any of them.
That absence is total. No red carpet appearances. No cameos on The Yorkshire Auction House. No interviews where she fills in the gaps. For someone married to a working television presenter, Gemma Mawman’s public profile is essentially zero, and from everything Angus has said over the years, that is entirely the point.
Here is what is actually confirmed.
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Gemma Mawman: The Confirmed Facts
| Detail | What Is Known |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gemma Mawman |
| Together since | Around 2002 |
| Years together (April 2026) | Approximately 24 years |
| Wedding date | Never publicly disclosed |
| Children | Three: two sons, one daughter |
| Family home | Bungalow, rural Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire |
| Profession | Unknown |
| Media or social media presence | None |
24 Years Together
The Yorkshire Post confirmed in a November 2021 interview that Angus and Gemma had been together 19 years at that point. Count back and the relationship began around 2002, when Angus was a young auctioneer in Yorkshire with no army service behind him, no TV credits to his name, and no auction house of his own.
Their exact wedding date has never appeared in any interview or press report. Angus has not mentioned it, and no outlet has ever reported on it. The marriage is confirmed. The date is not.
What the Yorkshire Post did make clear in that same piece was Gemma’s role when it mattered most. When Angus came home from Afghanistan and his father urged him to get back into auctioneering, it was Gemma who backed that call. He launched Ryedale Auctioneers in Kirkbymoorside in December 2010 with her full support, while he was still technically completing his army service.
That auction house now handles specialist sales across militaria, ceramics, jewellery, and collectables, drawing international bidders through its online platform. It is the business that eventually led to BBC work, three TV series, and a brand new show in 2025. The foundation of all of it had Gemma’s backing.
Home and Family in North Yorkshire
Angus and Gemma live in a bungalow in rural Kirkbymoorside, confirmed by Hello Magazine in July 2021 and consistent across all subsequent reporting. The property sits minutes from Ryedale Auctioneers.
Their three children include two sons and one daughter. Hello Magazine’s coverage confirmed both the number and the split. The eldest son was born around 2015, shortly after the family settled at the Kirkbymoorside property.
Angus shares glimpses of the children on his Instagram account, countryside outings, local attractions, a post showing his eldest proudly bringing in a pea harvest from the garden. He has never named any of them publicly, and that boundary has held consistently throughout his TV career.
Gemma does not appear in any of those posts either.
Who Is Angus Ashworth?
Born in 1984 in North Yorkshire, his full legal name is Henry Angus Ashworth, confirmed by Companies House and his LinkedIn profile. He goes by Angus, a name that came from his father’s long-running connection to Stonehaven in Scotland, a detail Angus mentioned in an interview with The Herald Scotland.
Both his parents were involved in antiques. His uncle worked in the trade. By the age of 12 he was already buying powder flasks at auction fairs, a habit that started after watching Sean Bean play soldier Richard Sharpe on television.
His career, in order:
- Left school at 16, moved into a bedsit in Scarborough on his birthday, started as a porter at David Duggleby Auctioneers
- Worked up to valuer, then auctioneer, before stepping away at around 20
- Joined the family’s engineering and deep-sea fishing business alongside the Territorial Army
- Deployed to Iraq in 2005, then to Afghanistan in 2009
- Opened Ryedale Auctioneers in December 2010, making the first sale the same month
- Joined BBC’s Cash in the Attic in 2013
- Served as Town Mayor of Kirkbymoorside from May 2015 to May 2019
- Joined Antiques Road Trip on BBC One in March 2018
- Launched The Yorkshire Auction House on Really in March 2021
- Left Antiques Road Trip in January 2024 after nearly six years
- Premiered Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero on Really in November 2025
He was running Ryedale Auctioneers and finishing his army service at the same time in late 2010 and early 2011, a detail that sometimes gets muddled in reporting. There is no contradiction there, his LinkedIn confirms both the army end date of August 2011 and the auction house start date of December 2010.
What Angus Is Doing in 2025 and 2026
As of April 2026, Angus is across multiple active productions. The Yorkshire Auction House is in its sixth series on Really, with over 110 episodes in the bank. Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House ran to five series between 2021 and 2025.
His newest series, Angus Ashworth: Yorkshire Heritage Hero, launched on Really in November 2025. The eight-part production from Air TV, made for Warner Bros. Discovery, sees him arriving at Yorkshire’s endangered country house estates in a vintage Tiger Moth biplane. He spends the weekend as a house guest, working with the aristocratic owners to find forgotten valuables in attics and cellars that can be sold at auction to fund repairs and restoration work.
Questions About Angus Ashworth’s Wife and Family
Who is Angus Ashworth’s wife?
Gemma Mawman. They have been together since around 2002.
Has Gemma Mawman ever appeared on TV with Angus?
No. She has not appeared in any of his television work.
What does Gemma Mawman do?
Her profession has never been publicly disclosed in any interview or media report.
When did Angus Ashworth and Gemma Mawman get married?
The wedding date has never been made public.
How many children do Angus Ashworth and his wife have?
Three. Two sons and one daughter. None of their names have been publicly shared.
Where do Angus Ashworth and Gemma Mawman live?
In a bungalow in rural Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, close to Ryedale Auctioneers.
Is Angus Ashworth still married to Gemma Mawman?
Yes. Nothing in any reporting suggests otherwise.
Gemma Mawman was there before the cameras, before the auction house, before any of it. She was there when Angus was a reservist about to be sent to Iraq, and still there when he came home from Afghanistan years later with nothing decided except that he wanted to sell antiques. Twenty-four years of that kind of partnership does not tend to show up on Instagram. It shows up in what gets built.
