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Hubert Ashton

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 13 February 1898, Calcutta, India

Died: 17 June 1979

Knighted - 13 June 1959

son of Victoria Alexandrina Inglis

husband of Dorothy Gaitskell

brother-in-law of Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell

Education

Winchester College

Trinity College, Cambridge

Cricketer

Elections fought

5 July 1945		Chelmsford	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,229	43.17
23 February 1950		Chelmsford	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,541	54.65
25 October 1951		Chelmsford	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,069	55.01
26 May 1955		Chelmsford	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,450	55.63
8 October 1959		Chelmsford	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,992	59.85