Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde

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Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde JP (born 19 November 1926). The son of Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Marjorie Nell Brookes. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 21 March 1983. The Heir apparent to the barony is his son.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Family 4 References

[edit] Education

He attended Eton College, and New College, Oxford.

[edit] Career

He gained the rank of Major with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire, 1965-1968. He was a Director of Barclays Bank, 1969-1987.

[edit] Family

He married Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Henry Langton Brackenbury, on 18 May 1957, and has issue:

• Hon. Thomas Henry Ashton (b.1958)
• Hon. Charlotte Trewlove Ashton (b.1960), married Andrew D. Bartlett, 1987
• Hon. Katharine Judith Ashton (b.1962), married Douglas J. Lawson, 1987
• Hon. John Edward Ashton (b.1966)

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2003 edition). London: Pan Macmillan, 2003.
• ‘ASHTON OF HYDE’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
• thePeerage.com

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