Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe
Lord Clitheroe
Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe, KCVO, PC, JP, DL (24 February 1901 – 1984)[1] was an English aristocrat and politician.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Family
3 Styles of address
4 References
5 External links
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] He was educated at Summer Fields School and Eton College.[3]
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 was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1944 New Year Honours,[4] 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 raised to the peerage as Baron Clitheroe, of Downham in the County Palatine of Lancaster on 21 June 1955.[5] He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 21 September 1955.[1] He was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire on 16 November 1955.[6] He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, from 1971 to 1976. He was appointed to the Royal Victorian Order as a Knight Commander in 1977 on his retirement from the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster.[7]
Family
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:[8]
- 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][9]
Lord Clitheroe died in 1984.[1]
Styles of address
1901 – 1934: Mr Ralph Assheton
1934 – 1944: Mr Ralph Assheton JP MP
1944 – 1955: The Right Honourable Ralph Assheton JP MP
1955: The Right Honourable Ralph Assheton JP
1955: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe PC JP
1955: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe PC JP[a]
1955 – 1977: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe PC JP DL
1977 – 1984: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe KCVO PC JP DL
^ Although The Lord Clitheroe was a baronet, by custom the post-nominal of "Bt" is omitted, as Peers of the Realm do not list subsidiary hereditary titles.
References
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^ National Portrait Gallery
^ Usborne, Richard (1964). A Century of Summer Fields. Methuen. p. 105.
^ "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 1.
^ "No. 40517". The London Gazette. 21 June 1955. p. 3593.
^ "No. 40638". The London Gazette. 22 November 1955. p. 6584.
^ "No. 47221". The London Gazette. 24 May 1977. p. 6421.
^ The Peerage, entry for 1st Lord Clitheroe
^ "Obituaries: Nicholas Assheton". Daily Telegraph.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ralph Assheton
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Henry Bucknall Betterton | Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe 1934–1945 | Succeeded by Florence Paton |
| Preceded by George Thomas Broadbridge Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Member of Parliament for City of London 1945–1950 With: Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for Blackburn West 1950–1955 | Constituency abolished |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Harry Crookshank | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1942–1944 | Succeeded by Osbert Peake |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Dugdale | Chairman of the Conservative Party 1944–1946 | Succeeded by Lord Woolton |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Rhodes of Saddleworth | Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1971–1976 | Succeeded by Sir Simon Towneley |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Clitheroe 1955–1984 | Succeeded by Ralph John Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt | Baronet (of Downham, Lancashire) 1955–1984 | Succeeded by Ralph John Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe |
