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    Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde

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    The Right Honourable
    The Lord Ashton of Hyde
    PC
    Official portrait, 2022
    Master of the Horse
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    18 June 2024
    MonarchCharles III
    Preceded byThe Lord de Mauley
    Chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee
    Incumbent
    Assumed office
    31 January 2023
    Preceded byThe Baroness Anelay of St Johns
    Chief Whip of the House of Lords
    Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
    In office
    26 July 2019 – 7 September 2022
    Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
    Preceded byThe Lord Taylor of Holbeach
    Succeeded byThe Baroness Williams of Trafford
    Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society
    In office
    13 July 2016 – 26 July 2019[1]
    Prime MinisterTheresa May
    Preceded byRob Wilson
    Succeeded byThe Baroness Barran
    Lord-in-waiting
    Government Whip
    In office
    15 July 2014 – 11 June 2017
    Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
    Theresa May
    Preceded byThe Lord Bates
    Succeeded byThe Lord Henley
    Member of the House of Lords
    Lord Temporal
    as an elected hereditary peer
    25 July 2011
    Preceded byThe 7th Earl of Onslow
    Personal details
    Born (1958-07-18) 18 July 1958 (age 66)
    Political partyConservative
    SpouseEmma Allinson
    RelativesThomas Ashton (father)
    EducationTrinity College, Oxford (BA)

    Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde, PC (born 18 July 1958), is a British life peer and former insurance broker who served as Chief Whip of the House of Lords and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 2019 to 2022. He succeeded to his family's peerage title on 2 August 2008.

    Education and career

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    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.[2] In the July 2014 government reshuffle he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting and Whip in the Lords by Prime Minister David Cameron,[3] serving until the 2017 general election.[4] In July 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May appointed him as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.

    In March 2019, Lord Ashton received international publicity and acclaim for giving a correct and clever definition[5] to Lord Geddes, to the latter's question about the meaning of the term algorithm. Lord Ashton gave the definition as "an algorithm is a set of rules that precisely defines a sequence of operations".[6] The definition was said to "[rival] dictionary entries for clarity and succinctness—wrapped up in a historical allusion that he knew his classically educated interlocutor would understand."[7]

    In July 2019, Lord Ashton of Hyde was appointed Chief Whip in the House of Lords by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[8] He was appointed to the Privy Council the following month.[9]

    In June 2024, Lord Ashton of Hyde was appointed Master of the Horse by King Charles III.

    Family

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    Descended from a cadet branch 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 heir presumptive to the family title is his younger brother, Jack Ashton.[10]

    See also

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    • Baron Ashton of Hyde

    Arms

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    Coat of arms of Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde
    Coronet
    That of a Baron
    Crest
    On a Mount Vert a Mower Proper vested paly Argent and Sable in the act of whetting his Scythe also Proper.
    Helm
    That of a Peer
    Escutcheon
    Sable on a Pile between two Crescents in base Argent a Mullet pierced of the First.
    Supporters
    Dexter, a Mower Proper vested paly Argent and Sable holding in the exterior hand a Scythe also Proper; Sinister, a Boar Argent semy of Mullets Sable pierced.
    Motto
    Fide et Virtute
    (Eng: With faith and valour)

    References

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    1. ^ Portfolio was DCMS until June 2017.
    2. ^ "Conservative Hereditary Peers' by-election, July 2011: Result" (PDF). House of Lords. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
    3. ^ "Lord Ashton of Hyde". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
    4. ^ "Full list of new ministerial and government appointments: June 2017". Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
    5. ^ Two British Lords Just Gave a Charmingly Spot-On Definition of 'Algorithm', Will Oremus, Slate.com, 2019-03-14
    6. ^ "14 March 2019 Volume 796". House of Lords Hansard. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
    7. ^ video, Twitter, 2019-03-14 [dead link]
    8. ^ "Boris Johnson 'absolutely' rules out pre-Brexit election". BBC News. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
    9. ^ ORDERS APPROVED AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL HELD BY THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL ON 28TH AUGUST 2019
    10. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 159 (ASHTON OF HYDE, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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    • ‘ASHTON OF HYDE’, Who's Who 2018, A & C Black; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2017
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
    		 Chief Whip of the House of Lords
    2019–2022     		Succeeded by
    The Baroness Williams of Trafford
    Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
    2019–2022
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
    		 Conservative Chief Whip in the House of Lords
    2019–2022     		Succeeded by
    The Baroness Williams of Trafford
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    The Earl of Onslow
    		 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
    under the House of Lords Act 1999
    2011–present     		Incumbent
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Thomas Ashton
    		 Baron Ashton of Hyde
    2008–present     		Incumbent
    Heir presumptive:
    Hon. John Ashton
    Court offices
    Preceded by
    The Lord de Mauley
    		 Master of the Horse
    2024–present     		Incumbent
    Order of precedence in England and Wales
    Preceded by
    The Lord Parker of Minsmere
    as Lord Chamberlain     		Gentlemen
    as Master of the Horse     		Followed by
    The Duke of Somerset
    Order of precedence in Northern Ireland
    Preceded by
    The Lord Parker of Minsmere
    as Lord Chamberlain     		Gentlemen
    as Master of the Horse     		Followed by
    The Duke of Somerset
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