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| name = Hubert Ashton |
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| caption = Ashton in May 1959. |
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| constituency_MP = [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]] |
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| parliament = United Kingdom |
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| term_start = 23 February 1950 |
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| term_end = 25 September 1964 |
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| predecessor = [[Ernest Millington]] |
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| successor = [[Norman St John-Stevas]] |
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| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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'''Sir Hubert Ashton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|MC}} ( |
'''Sir Hubert Ashton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|MC}} (13 February 1898 – 17 June 1979) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, [[association football|footballer]] and politician. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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===Early life=== |
===Early life=== |
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Ashton was born in [[Calcutta]], India on 13 February 1898. Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir [[John Eardley Wilmot Inglis]], who commanded the British forces at the [[Siege of Lucknow]], and [[Julia, Lady Inglis|Julia Selina Thesiger]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Alexandrina Inglis |
Ashton was born in [[Calcutta]], India on 13 February 1898. Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir [[John Eardley Wilmot Inglis]], who commanded the British forces at the [[Siege of Lucknow]], and [[Julia, Lady Inglis|Julia Selina Thesiger]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Alexandrina Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|access-date=17 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202349/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|archivedate=30 March 2012}}</ref> |
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Ashton was educated at [[Winchester College]]; on leaving Winchester in 1917 he joined the [[Royal Field Artillery]] as an officer and served for the rest of [[World War I]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29924|page=1062|date=30 January 1917|supp=y}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]], the citation for which appeared in ''[[The London Gazette]]'' in January 1919, and reads as follows: |
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After the war, which ended due to the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|armistice with Germany]] on 11 November 1918, he went up to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. |
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===Cricket career=== |
===Cricket career=== |
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As a cricketer, Ashton was a sound right-hand batsman in the outstanding [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] sides in the years just after the [[First World War]], in which he had been commissioned in the [[Royal Field Artillery]] and won the [[Military Cross]], and he played for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in the vacations. In both 1921 and 1922 he scored more than 1,000 runs and at the end of the 1922 season, after just three years in |
As a cricketer, Ashton was a sound right-hand batsman in the outstanding [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] sides in the years just after the [[First World War]], in which he had been commissioned in the [[Royal Field Artillery]] and won the [[Military Cross]], and he played for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in the vacations. In both 1921 and 1922 he scored more than 1,000 runs and at the end of the 1922 season, after just three years in first-class cricket, Ashton was averaging more than 46 runs per innings. His most famous exploit, though, was as a member of the amateur side assembled by [[Archie MacLaren]] to take on the hitherto-invincible 1921 [[Australian cricket team]] at [[Eastbourne]]. Bowled out for just 43 runs in the first innings, the so-called "England XI" were, at 60 for four wickets in their second innings, still 71 behind when Ashton was joined by [[Aubrey Faulkner]]. Ashton hit 75 in 72 minutes, Faulkner made 153 and McLaren's side won the match by 28 runs. Ashton was named as a [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] in 1922 largely on account of this innings. Ashton was involved in an extraordinary incident during the match against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]. He was bowled, but both bails went up in the air and then returned to their grooves on top of the stumps, meaning that he was not out.<ref>Brodribb, Gerald (1995) ''Next Man In'', Souvenir Press: London. {{ISBN|0285634836}}.</ref> |
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Ashton's three brothers, [[Gilbert Ashton|Gilbert]], [[Percy Ashton|Percy]] and [[Claude Ashton|Claude]], also played first-class cricket; Gilbert, Hubert and Claude captained Cambridge University in the three consecutive seasons from 1921 to 1923. |
Ashton's three brothers, [[Gilbert Ashton|Gilbert]], [[Percy Ashton|Percy]] and [[Claude Ashton|Claude]], also played first-class cricket; Gilbert, Hubert and Claude captained Cambridge University in the three consecutive seasons from 1921 to 1923. |
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At the end of the 1922 cricket season Ashton joined the [[Burmah Oil Company]], and his appearances thereafter were sporadic. He played for [[Indian cricket team|India]] and for [[Burma national cricket team|Burma]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club |
At the end of the 1922 cricket season Ashton joined the [[Burmah Oil Company]], and his appearances thereafter were sporadic. He played for [[Indian cricket team|India]] and for [[Burma national cricket team|Burma]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) side led by [[Arthur Gilligan]] that toured India in 1926–27; he reappeared for several Essex matches in 1927; and there were a handful of first-class games across the 1930s, the last in 1939. |
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===Football career=== |
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In addition to his cricketing career, Ashton was also an accomplished [[association football|footballer]], playing as a full-back for [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], [[Corinthian F.C.|the Corinthians]], [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] and [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]]. |
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Ashton was also an accomplished [[association football|footballer]], playing as an amateur for all his footballing career, which began with the [[Corinthian F.C.|Corinthians]] and then, during the 1919–20 season, [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]].<ref name="Kaufman02">{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Neilson N |last2=Ravenhill |first2=Alan E |title=The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club |date=2002 |publisher=Tempus Publishing |isbn=0752424122 |page=21}}</ref> He made his only appearance in the [[Football League]] in May 1925 for [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]].<ref name="Kaufman02" /> He joined [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Clapton Orient]] in August 1926, making five appearances for them during the 1926–27 season, and then joined [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] in May 1927 but shortly afterwards retired from football to focus on his cricketing career.<ref name="Kaufman02" /> |
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===Post-cricket and political career=== |
===Post-cricket and political career=== |
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Ashton later pursued a different career, first in cricket administration, as president of Essex from 1941, and then in national UK politics. He served as [[High Sheriff of Essex]] in 1943 and was then elected as [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]] at the [[United Kingdom general election |
Ashton later pursued a different career, first in cricket administration, as president of Essex from 1941, and then in national UK politics. He served as [[High Sheriff of Essex]] in 1943 and was then elected as [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]] at the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general elections]] and held the seat at three further UK general elections, before retiring in 1964. In 1953, he and [[Edgar Stanbury Dobell]] produced ''Sporting Fanfare'', a light programme for the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5b26864aedad40b6aa96cf15b039e4ff |title=SPORTING FANFARE |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 August 1953 |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> In the [[1959 Birthday Honours]], Ashton was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) for political and public services,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41727 |supp=y |date=13 June 1959 |page=3706}}</ref> and it was as Sir Hubert Ashton that he became MCC president in 1960–61. Ashton died in [[South Weald]], Essex on 17 June 1979. |
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Succeeded by | Norman St John-Stevas | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Hubert Ashton 13 February 1898 Calcutta, Bengal | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 June 1979 Wealdside, Essex, England | (aged 81)||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||
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Dorothy Gaitskell (m. 1927) | ||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1920–1922 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
1921–1939 | Essex | ||||||||||||||
1927 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Sir Hubert Ashton KBE MC (13 February 1898 – 17 June 1979) was an English first-class cricketer, footballer and politician.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Ashton was born in Calcutta, India on 13 February 1898. Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow, and Julia Selina Thesiger.[1]
Ashton was educated at Winchester College; on leaving Winchester in 1917 he joined the Royal Field Artillery as an officer and served for the rest of World War I.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross, the citation for which appeared in The London Gazette in January 1919, and reads as follows:
For conspicuous gallantry and skill in leading a section of guns into a forward position near Trones Wood on 27th August, 1918, where, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, he succeeded in destroying an enemy strong point, thereby greatly facilitating the infantry advance.[3]
After the war, which ended due to the armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Cricket career
[edit]As a cricketer, Ashton was a sound right-hand batsman in the outstanding Cambridge University sides in the years just after the First World War, in which he had been commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery and won the Military Cross, and he played for Essex in the vacations. In both 1921 and 1922 he scored more than 1,000 runs and at the end of the 1922 season, after just three years in first-class cricket, Ashton was averaging more than 46 runs per innings. His most famous exploit, though, was as a member of the amateur side assembled by Archie MacLaren to take on the hitherto-invincible 1921 Australian cricket team at Eastbourne. Bowled out for just 43 runs in the first innings, the so-called "England XI" were, at 60 for four wickets in their second innings, still 71 behind when Ashton was joined by Aubrey Faulkner. Ashton hit 75 in 72 minutes, Faulkner made 153 and McLaren's side won the match by 28 runs. Ashton was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1922 largely on account of this innings. Ashton was involved in an extraordinary incident during the match against Lancashire. He was bowled, but both bails went up in the air and then returned to their grooves on top of the stumps, meaning that he was not out.[4]
Ashton's three brothers, Gilbert, Percy and Claude, also played first-class cricket; Gilbert, Hubert and Claude captained Cambridge University in the three consecutive seasons from 1921 to 1923.
At the end of the 1922 cricket season Ashton joined the Burmah Oil Company, and his appearances thereafter were sporadic. He played for India and for Burma against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side led by Arthur Gilligan that toured India in 1926–27; he reappeared for several Essex matches in 1927; and there were a handful of first-class games across the 1930s, the last in 1939.
Football career
[edit]Ashton was also an accomplished footballer, playing as an amateur for all his footballing career, which began with the Corinthians and then, during the 1919–20 season, West Bromwich Albion.[5] He made his only appearance in the Football League in May 1925 for Bristol Rovers against Reading.[5] He joined Clapton Orient in August 1926, making five appearances for them during the 1926–27 season, and then joined Gillingham in May 1927 but shortly afterwards retired from football to focus on his cricketing career.[5]
Post-cricket and political career
[edit]Ashton later pursued a different career, first in cricket administration, as president of Essex from 1941, and then in national UK politics. He served as High Sheriff of Essex in 1943 and was then elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Chelmsford at the 1950 general elections and held the seat at three further UK general elections, before retiring in 1964. In 1953, he and Edgar Stanbury Dobell produced Sporting Fanfare, a light programme for the BBC.[6] In the 1959 Birthday Honours, Ashton was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for political and public services,[7] and it was as Sir Hubert Ashton that he became MCC president in 1960–61. Ashton died in South Weald, Essex on 17 June 1979.
Personal life
[edit]In 1927 Ashton married Dorothy Gaitskell, sister of Hugh Gaitskell. They had two sons and two daughters.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Victoria Alexandrina Inglis". Family Search. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "No. 29924". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1917. p. 1062.
- ^ "No. 31158". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 1919. p. 1639.
- ^ Brodribb, Gerald (1995) Next Man In, Souvenir Press: London. ISBN 0285634836.
- ^ a b c Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 0752424122.
- ^ "SPORTING FANFARE". BBC. 9 August 1953. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "No. 41727". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1959. p. 3706.
- ^ "Sir Hubert Ashtion (obituary)". The Times. London. 23 November 1979. p. VIII.
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