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Ashton was born at Fallowfield, Lancashire on 5 February , 1855 . He was the son of Thomas Ashton and Elizabeth Gair , whose own father was Samuel Stillman Gair of Rhode Island . He was educated at Rugby School , Warwickshire between 1868 and 1874. From 1874 until 1877 he attended University College, Oxford . He graduated as a Master Of Arts . Between 1885 and 1886 Ashton was the Liberal MP for Hyde . He was a Justice Of The Peace for Cheshire and Sussex . In 1886 he was unsuccessful in his attempts to win the Seat of Hyde. Ashton married Eva Margaret James on 2 December 1886 in All Saints Church, Ennismore Gardens , London. From 1895 until 1911 he was MP for Luton , in Bedfordshire . On 28 June 1911 he was created 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde. In 1923 Lord Ashton was invested as a Honorary Fellow of Oxford University . Lord and Lady Ashton’s children were:
Lord Ashton died at Robertsbridge, Sussex on 4 May 1933 and is buried in Hyde Chapel , Cheshire. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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