Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde
Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde ( born July 18, 1958) is a British politician of the Conservative Party, peer and businessman.
Life and career
Thomas Ashton, who usually uses his middle name Henry, is the oldest of four children (two sons and two daughters ) by Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury. He attended Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He then served in the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. He most recently held the rank of lieutenant. In 1999, he lived in the Broadwell Hill, Noreton -in-Marsh in Gloucestershire.
Since 2005 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Faraday Underwriting Ltd and the Faraday Reinsurance Co. Ltd.. He is also Chairman ( Chairman ) of Heythrop Hunt Kennels Limited, and a member of the Trusteeship Council of the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust, the Oxford Foundation, the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund ( a registered charity ), the Heythrop Hunt Charitable Trust and the Ashton Charitable Trust. He serves on the board ( Council) of Lloyd's of London, where he represents Faraday Capital Limited, and the Advisory Council ( Advisory Council ) of Century Capital LLP.
He inherited his father's title as Baron Ashton of Hyde after his death on August 2, 2008.
Membership in the House of Lords
In July 2011, he was elected in a by-election following the death of Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow, a member of the House of Lords. He sat down against, inter alia Geoffrey Robert James Borwick, John Ailwyn Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey, Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby and Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton through. On September 5, 2011 have been its official launch. As a member of the Conservative Party, he has repeatedly voted not for the purposes of his party.
Family
Ashton married on October 31, 1987 Emma Louise Allinson, daughter of Colin Allinson, and the couple have four daughters. Ashton and his wife are the owners of an agricultural operation and apartments.
The alleged heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is Ashton's younger brother, Hon John Edward Ashton ( b. 1966 ).