Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde

Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (born February 5, 1855 in Fallowfield , Manchester , Lancashire , England, † May 1, 1933 in Robertsbridge, Sussex , England) was a British politician, entrepreneur and peer .

life and career

Ashton came from a family that had been cotton manufacturers for many years . He attended Rugby School and then studied at the University College of the University of Oxford , before he went into the family business. From 1885 to 1886 he was an MP for the constituency of Hyde in the House of Commons . In 1886 he stood again unsuccessfully for this seat. From 1895 to 1911 he represented the Luton constituency in parliament . He was also Justice of the Peace of Cheshire and Sussex . On June 28, 1911 he was raised to Baron Ashton of Hyde and thereby received an hereditary seat in the House of Lords .

Ashton was married to Eva Margaret James since 1886. The couple had a total of four children. He died in May 1933 at the age of 78.

literature

• Marion Wood: Ashton, Thomas Gair, first Baron Ashton of Hyde (1855-1933). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of May 2006 (not viewed).

swell

• Thomas Ashton at Hansard (English)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde on thepeerage.com

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Ashton of Hyde 1911-1933	Thomas Ashton