Baron Ashton of Hyde, of Hyde in the County of Chester

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 28 June 1911 for the industrialist and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Thomas Ashton. He had earlier represented Hyde

Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Hyde was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918. It was based around the town of Hyde, Cheshire....

 and Luton

Luton (UK Parliament constituency)

Luton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. Since 2008 the title has been held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Sable, on a pile between two crescents in base argent a mullet pierced of the first. This can be translated as: a black shield with a white triangle pointing downwards from the top. A pierced black star on top of the triangle and two white crescents below it.

Barons Ashton of Hyde (1911)

• Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (1855–1933)
• Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1901–1983)
• Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926–2008)
• Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde
  Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde
  Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde , is the eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury. He succeeded his father as Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 2 August 2008....
  
  (b. 1958)