Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe

Lord Clitheroe in 1956

Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe, KCVO, PC, JP, DL (24 February 1901 – 1984)[1] 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 was sworn of the Privy Council in the 1944 New Year Honours,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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:[7]

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[lower-alpha 1]
  • 1955 – 1977: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe PC JP DL
  • 1977 – 1984: The Right Honourable The Lord Clitheroe KCVO PC JP DL
  1. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe". The Peerage. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ↑ National Portrait Gallery
  3. ↑ "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "No. 40517". The London Gazette. 21 June 1955. p. 3593.
  5. ↑ "No. 40638". The London Gazette. 22 November 1955. p. 6584.
  6. ↑ "No. 47221". The London Gazette. 24 May 1977. p. 6421.
  7. ↑ The Peerage, entry for 1st Lord Clitheroe
  8. ↑ "Obituaries: Nicholas Assheton". Daily Telegraph.
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
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