Assheton
Appearance
Assheton (pronounced Ashton) is an English name deriving from Ashton-under-Lyne (formerly spelt Assheton or Asheton). It may refer to:
Given name
[edit]- Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (1730–1820), British Tory politician
- Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe (1850–1911), British naval officer
- Assheton Gorton (1930–2014), English production designer
- Assheton Pownall (priest) (1823–1886), Archdeacon of Leicester
- Sir Assheton Pownall (1877–1953), British Tory politician
Surname
[edit]- Abdias Assheton (1563–1633), English clergyman
- John Assheton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nicholas Assheton (1590–1625), English writer
- Ralph Assheton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Richard Assheton of Middleton, 16th-century soldier and landowner
- Richard Assheton (died 1579), MP for Aldborough and Carlisle
- R. R. G. (Rowland) Assheton, architect, designer of the Grand Picture Theatre in Adelaide, Australia (opened 1916)
- Thomas Assheton Smith I (1752–1828), English landowner and all-round sportsman
- Thomas Assheton Smith II (1776–1858), English landowner and all-round sportsman
- William Assheton (1641–1711), English cleric