Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 18 July 1958), has served as a Minister in

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since 2014 and by profession is an

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. He succeeded to his family's peerage title on 2 August 2008.

Education and career

Henry Ashton went to

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and

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. He was commissioned in the

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, later becoming a

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in the

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. Ashton worked as an insurance broker and held the position of

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-owned Lloyd's firms Faraday Underwriting Ltd, and Faraday Reinsurance Co. Ltd, from 2005 until 2013. From 2010 to 2013 Lord Ashton was a member of the Council of Lloyd's. Elected a

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hereditary peer in July 2011, Ashton sits in the

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as a

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. In the July 2014 government reshuffle he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting and Whip in the Lords by

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David Cameron, serving until the 2017 general election. In July 2016 Prime Minister

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appointed him as

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for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. In March 2019, Lord Ashton received international publicity and acclaim for giving a correct and clever definition to Lord Geddes, to the latter's question about the meaning of the term ''

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''. Lord Ashton gave the definition as "an algorithm is a set of rules that precisely defines a sequence of operations". The definition was said to " ivaldictionary entries for clarity and succinctness—wrapped up in a historical allusion that he knew his classically educated interlocutor would understand." In July 2019, Lord Ashton of Hyde was appointed Chief Whip in the House of Lords by new Prime Minister

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. He was appointed to the Privy Council the following month.

Family

Descended from a

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of the ancient Lancashire Assheton family, he married Emma Louise Allinson, daughter of Colin Allinson and Alison Palmer (née Bartholomew), in 1987; they have four daughters/ As he does not have any sons, the

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to the family title is his younger brother, Jack Ashton.

References

External links

*‘ASHTON OF HYDE’, '' Who's Who 2018'', A & C Black; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton Of Hyde, Henry Ashton, 4th Baron 1958 births Living people People from Gloucestershire

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Education and career

Family

See also

Arms

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