Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe

Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe Bt , KCVO , PC , DL , JP , KStJ (* February 24, 1901 - September 18, 1984 ) was a British Conservative Party politician who , among other things, was a member of the House of Commons between 1935 and 1955 ( House of Commons ), was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1942 to 1943 and Chairman of the Conservative Party between 1944 and 1946 . In 1955 he was raised to the hereditary nobility as Baron Clitheroe and was a member of the House of Lords until his death . He also served as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancashire from 1971 to 1976 .

Life

Assheton, son of Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Baronet and his wife Mildred Estelle Sybella Master, attended the renowned Eton College and then began studying at Christ Church at the University of Oxford , which he completed in 1923 with a Master of Arts (MA) . In 1925 he was admitted to the bar as a barrister with the Inner Temple Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) . He was from 1927 to 1939 as a stockbroker and member of the London Stock Exchange operates and was also in 1934 a magistrate (justice of the peace) of Lancashire.

On November 14, 1935, Assheton was elected to the Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of Rushcliffe until July 5, 1945 . During this time he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Public Works between 1936 and 1938. In the wartime government of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain , he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor in 1939 and held this post until February 4, 1942 in the wartime government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill . He then took over the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply between February 1942 and December 1943 , before becoming Finance Secretary of the Treasury from February 7, 1943 to October 29, 1944. was. In 1944 he became a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ).

Assheton sparked in 1944 Thomas Dugdale as President (Chairman) of the Conservative Party, and held this position until his replacement by Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton 1946 from. He was again a member of the House of Commons on October 31, 1945, in which he represented the constituency of the City of London until February 23, 1955 . In the election of February 23, 1950 , he was re-elected for the Conservative Tories as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Blackburn West until May 26, 1955 .

After leaving the House of Commons, Assheton was raised to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of the United Kingdom on June 20, 1955 as Baron Clitheroe , of Downham in the County of Lancaster, and thus belonged to the House of Lords until his death. as a member. In 1955 he was also Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of the County of Lancashire. When his father died on September 21, 1955, he inherited his title of nobility as 2nd Baronet , of Downham in the County of Lancaster, and was Vice-Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancashire between 1956 and 1970. On February 22, 1962 he replaced Harry Crookshank, who died on October 17, 1961 , 1st Viscount Crookshank as High Steward of Westminster Abbey and held this honorary position until his death. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). In 1971 he succeeded Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancashire and held this post until 1976, when Simon Towneley succeeded him. In 1972 he was also knight (Knight) of the Order of Saint John (KStJ) and in 1977 Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).

Assheton was married to Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham, daughter of Frederick William Hotham, 6th Baron Hotham , from January 24, 1924 until his death . From this marriage two daughters and two sons were born. The eldest daughter Anne Assheton died shortly after giving birth on December 22, 1924, while the second daughter was married to the Conservative Member of the House of Commons, Marcus Worsley . The eldest son Ralph John Assheton inherited the title of 2nd Baron Clitheroe and 3rd Baronet after his death. His youngest son Nicholas Assheton was a stockbroker, business manager and treasurer of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother until her death in 2002.

Web links

• Mr Ralph Assheton at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe on thepeerage.com , accessed August 15, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Clitheroe 1955-1984	Ralph Assheton
Ralph Assheton	Baronet, of Downham 1955-1984	Ralph Assheton