Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe
Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe PC DL (1901–1984) was an English aristocrat and politician.
Biography
Assheton was born on 24 February 1901.[1][2] His father was Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt (1860–1955) and his mother, Mildred Estelle Sybella Master (1884-1949).[1]
Assheton was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe from 1934 to 1945, for the City of London from 1945 to 1950, and for Blackburn West from 1950 to 1955. In the wartime government under Winston Churchill, he was Minister of Supply in 1942, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1942 to 1944. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1944, and served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1944 to 1946.
After retiring from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Clitheroe on 20 June 1955. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 21 September 1955. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, from 1971 to 1976.
Marriage & Children
He married Hon Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham, daughter of Frederick William Hotham, 6th Baron Hotham (1863–1923), on 24 January 1924.[1] They had four children:[3]
- Anne Assheton (born & died 22 December 1924)
- Hon Bridget Assheton (born 20 August 1926, died 22 May 2004). Married Sir Marcus Worsley, Bt, brother of Katharine, Duchess of Kent[1]
- Ralph John Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe (born 3 November 1929)
- Hon Nicholas Assheton, CVO (born 23 May 1934, died 27 November 2012) Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother from 1998 to her death in 2002.[1][4]
Lord Clitheroe died in 1984.[1]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ralph Assheton