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Thomas Ashton (1818-1898)
Thomas Ashton may refer to: *Thomas Ashton (schoolmaster) (died 1578), English clergyman and schoolmaster *Thomas Ashton (divine) (1716–1775), English cleric * Thomas Ashton (cotton spinner) (1841–1919), British trade union leader * Thomas Ashton (trade unionist) (1844–1927), British trade unionist and member of the Privy Council *Thomas Ashton (industrialist) (1818–1898), English cotton manufacturer and philanthropist *Thomas Ashton (died 1831), assassinated mill owner * Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (1855–1933), British industrialist, philanthropist, Liberal * Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1901–1983), eldest surviving son of Thomas Ashton, 1ste Baron Ashton * Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926–2008), eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton * Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 1958), eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton * T. S. Ashton (Thomas Southcliffe Ashton, 1899–1968), English economic historian *Tom Ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton (schoolmaster)
Thomas Ashton (died 29 August 1578, Cambridge) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster, the first headmaster of Shrewsbury School. Life Identification Ashton was originally identified with the Thomas Ashton who was educated at Cambridge University, where he graduated B.A. in 1559–60, and M.A. in 1563 This man was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1562 and entered holy orders. This was the accepted identity of the first head master of Shrewsbury School at the time his sketch was written by Thompson Cooper for the first edition of the '' Dictionary of National Biography'' (1885).Volume II, p.180, article by Thompson Cooper. However he was later identified with an earlier Thomas Ashton who graduated from St John's College, Cambridge as B.A. in 1520, M.A. in 1521 and B.Th. (Bachelor of Theology) in 1531. He was elected fellow of the college in 1520, of which he was still serving in 1542, and holding a benefice as a clergyman in the Diocese of Lincoln. This identification was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton (divine)
Thomas Ashton, D.D. (1716–1775) was an English cleric. Life Ashton was the son of Dr. Ashton, usher of Lancaster grammar school. He was educated at Eton College, where a group of friends formed—Ashton, Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole, and Richard West—who called themselves the "Quadruple Alliance". Ashton went in 1733 to King's College, Cambridge. He is the "Thomas Ashton, Esq., tutor to the Earl of Plymouth", to whom Walpole addressed his ''Epistle from Florence''. For some time Ashton held the living of Aldingham, Lancashire; in May 1749 he was presented to the rectory of Sturminster Marshall in Dorset; and in 1752 to the rectory of St Botolph, Bishopsgate. Meanwhile, he had fallen out with Walpole, who complained to Sir Horace Mann, on 25 July 1750, that Ashton had written against his friend Conyers Middleton. Up to this point, Walpole had helped Ashton's advancement in the church. In 1759 Ashton took the degree of D.D.; in December 1760 he married a Miss Amyand; and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton (cotton Spinner)
Thomas Ashton (15 August 1841 – 15 September 1919) was a British trade union leader. Life Ashton was born in Oldham, to William Ashton and his wife Sally Mellor, who were cotton workers. His mother became ill after his birth, and he was mainly brought up by an aunt. He did not attend school, and began working in a cotton mill at the age of eight. He undertook various jobs in the mill before replacing his father as a spinner. During this time, he attended evening classes in a wide variety of subjects, with a particular focus on statistics, and when he was 27, he left the cotton industry to set up a school."Mr. Thomas Ashton", '' Manchester Guardian'', 17 September 1919 In 1868, Ashton was invited to stand for the general secretaryship of the Oldham Operative Cotton Spinners' Association, beating five other candidates in an election. Under his leadership, the union soon won a half-day on Saturdays, a standard wage scale, and overall increases in wages. Ashton was a found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton (trade Unionist)
Thomas Ashton (23 March 1844 – 12 October 1927) was a British trade unionist. Born in Openshaw, Ashton worked as a coal miner from the age of 12, and in 1865 became secretary of the Bradford and Clayton miners' lodge. This dissolved two years later, but Ashton re-established it in 1873, facing victimisation, but also being elected as checkweighman. He subsequently led the formation of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation, and was its secretary from 1881. Ashton next worked with Ben Pickard to establish the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and he was appointed as its first secretary. Although he personally supported the Conservative Party, he did not attempt to influence the union's political views, which initially followed Pickard's liberalism. He also worked with Pickard to establish the Miners' International Federation, and was its secretary from 1890 until 1914. In 1917, Ashton was appointed to the Privy Council A privy council is a body that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton (industrialist)
Thomas Ashton (8 December 1818 – 21 January 1898) was an English cotton manufacturer and philanthropist. Early life Ashton was born on 8 December 1818 at Flowery Fields House, Hyde, then in Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ..., sixth child to Thomas Ashton (1775–1845) and his wife, Harriet, née Booth. The Ashton family owned mills in Hyde, Godley and Gerrards Wood which employed many hundreds of people. They were among the earliest cotton pioneers in Hyde. From 1800 they worked as a family business with mills at Gerrards Wood and Wilson Brook at Godley. Six brothers were involved in the business which, as well as coal and cotton, also established the calico printing works at Newton Bank. In 1823 the brothers separated, Samuel and Thomas taking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination Of Thomas Ashton
The assassination of Thomas Ashton, a British industrialist and mill-owner, took place at around 7:00 p.m. on 3 January 1831. Ashton was shot dead by striking workers in Manchester as a warning to their employers. The attack occurred in the midst of the rising tensions of the Victorian era due to the Industrial revolution and the subsequent emergence of the Chartist and trade-union movements to combat the extreme poverty of major industrial cities such as Manchester at the time. The assassination is widely considered to have inspired Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, ''Mary Barton''. Assassination and trial Three men were implicated in the crime - James Garside, Joseph Mosley and William Mosley. The judge and jury decided that Garside had pulled the trigger, despite it being his information which had originally led to the arrests; it was ruled that he had been hoping to blame his accomplices. William Mosley's account of the murder ran as follows: 'A short space afterwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton Of Hyde
Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (5 February 1855 – 1 May 1933), was a British industrialist, philanthropist, Liberal politician, and peer. Early life and career Ashton was born at Fallowfield, Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Ashton (died 1898) and Elizabeth Gair, daughter of Samuel Stillman Gair of Rhode Island. Ashton was baptised on the 5th February 1855. The Ashton family had been prominent in the cotton and cloth manufacturing 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. Ashton then became wedded to Eva Margret James in 1866 at All Saints Church. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton Of Hyde
Thomas Henry Raymond Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde JP DL (2 October 1901 – 21 March 1983). The son of Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde and Eva Margaret James. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 1 May 1933. On his death in 1983 he was succeeded in the barony by his son. Education He attended Eton College, and New College, Oxford. Career He gained the rank of Major with the 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire in 1944, and was Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 1957. Family He married Marjorie Nell Brooks (1901-1993), daughter of Marshall Jones Brooks and Florence Thomas, on 10 June 1925, and had issue: *Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926–2008) *Susan Ashton (b. 1931), died in infancy *Judith Marjorie Ashton (1934–1943) Notes References *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (2003 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton Of Hyde
Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde, (19 November 1926 – 2 August 2008) was the eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Marjorie Nell Brookes. He succeeded his father as Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 21 March 1983. Education and career He attended Eton College, and New College, Oxford. He gained the rank of major with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire, 1965–1968. He was a director of Barclays Bank, 1969–1987. Family He married Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Henry Langton Brackenbury, on 18 May 1957, and has issue: * Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (b. 1958) *Charlotte Trewlove Ashton (b. 1960), married Andrew D. Bartlett, 1987 *Katharine Judith Ashton (b. 1962), married Douglas J. Lawson, 1987 *John Edward Ashton (b. 1966) References *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (2003 editio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton Of Hyde
Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 18 July 1958), has served as a Minister in HM Government since 2014 and by profession is an insurance broker. He succeeded to his family's peerage title on 2 August 2008. Education and career Henry Ashton went to Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was commissioned in the Royal Hussars, later becoming a Lieutenant in the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. Ashton worked as an insurance broker and held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Berkshire Hathaway-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 representative hereditary peer in July 2011, Ashton sits in the House of Lords as a Conservative. In the July 2014 government reshuffle he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting and Whip in the Lords by Prime Minister David Cameron, serving until the 2017 general election. In July 2016 Prime Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ashton
Tom Ashton is a musician, producer and film composer. He is also an original founder member and guitarist of early 1980s British gothic rock/post-punk band The March Violets. Based in Leeds, England, the band released many tracks which went on to be rated as classics of their genre. He also guested in bands The Sisters of Mercy, The Danse Society and toured and recorded with Clan of Xymox. As a side project to The Violets, he also co-wrote and recorded the first album from The Batfish Boys, ''The Gods Hate Kansas''. In 1987 his music was featured in director John Hughes' coming of age drama, ''Some Kind of Wonderful''. A year later he co-wrote the score for Zelda Barron's teen thriller, '' The Bulldance'', during his stint in London Records band Hard Rain. Throughout the 1990s he was based in London and played in various bands, including Amania, with ex-Violets singer Cleo Murray and Craig Adams and also Bully, with Australian singer/songwriter/actress Abi Tucker. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas De Ashton (other)
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Thomas de Ashton may refer to: * Thomas de Ashton (warrior) (fl. 1346), English warrior * Thomas de Ashton (alchemist) (born 1403), English alchemist See also *Thomas Ashton (other) Thomas Ashton may refer to: *Thomas Ashton (schoolmaster) (died 1578), English clergyman and schoolmaster *Thomas Ashton (divine) (1716–1775), English cleric *Thomas Ashton (cotton spinner) (1841–1919), British trade union leader * Thomas Asht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
