Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde

The Lord Ashton of Hyde
Thomas Ashton
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Spouse(s)	Marjorie Nell Brookes
Father	Thomas Gair Ashton
Mother	Eva Margaret James
Born	(1901-10-02)2 October 1901
Died

Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde JP DL (2 October 1901 – 21 March 1983). The son of Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde and Eva Margaret James. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 1 May 1933. On his death in 1983 he was succeeded in the barony by his son.

Education

He attended Eton College, and New College, Oxford.

Career

He gained the rank of Major with the 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire in 1944, and was Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1957.

Family

He married Marjorie Nell Brookes (1901-1993), daughter of Hon. Marshall Jones Brookes and Florence Thomas, on 10 June 1925, and had issue:

• Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926–2008)
• Susan Ashton (b. 1931), died in infancy
• Hon. Judith Marjorie Ashton (1934–1943)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2003 edition). London: Pan Macmillan, 2003.,
• ‘ASHTON OF HYDE’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Ashton	Baron Ashton of Hyde 1933–1983	Succeeded by Thomas Ashton