Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician. Ashton was born at Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Ashton and Elizabeth Gair, daughter of Samuel Stillman Gair of Rhode Island. The Ashton family had been prominent in the cotton industry for many years. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, and later managed the family business.

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  • Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician. Ashton was born at Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Ashton and Elizabeth Gair, daughter of Samuel Stillman Gair of Rhode Island. The Ashton family had been prominent in the cotton industry for many years. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, and later managed the family business. Ashton was elected to the House of Commons for Hyde in 1885, but lost his seat the following year. He unsuccessfully contested the same seat again in 1892, but in 1895 he was returned for Luton, seat he held until 1911. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Ashton of Hyde, in the County of Chester. During the First World War he served as Chairman of the Cotton Exports Committee. Apart from his political career Ashton was a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Sussex and was invested as an Honorary Fellow of Oxford University in 1923. Lord Ashton of Hyde married Eva Margaret James, daughter of John Henry James, in 1886. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. He died in May 1933, aged 78, and was succeeded in the title by his second but eldest surviving son Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton. Lady Ashton of Hyde died in 1938.
  • Thomas Gair Ashton, 1. Baron Ashton of Hyde war ein britischer Politiker, Unternehmer und Peer.
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  • Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician. Ashton was born at Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Ashton and Elizabeth Gair, daughter of Samuel Stillman Gair of Rhode Island. The Ashton family had been prominent in the cotton industry for many years. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, and later managed the family business.
  • Thomas Gair Ashton, 1. Baron Ashton of Hyde war ein britischer Politiker, Unternehmer und Peer.
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  • Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde
  • Thomas Ashton, 1. Baron Ashton of Hyde
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