Background
Assheton was born on 24 February 1901. His father was Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt (1860–1955) and his mother, Mildred Estelle Sybella Master (1884-1949).
Assheton was born on 24 February 1901. His father was Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Bt (1860–1955) and his mother, Mildred Estelle Sybella Master (1884-1949).
In the wartime government under Winston Churchill, he was Minister of Supply in 1942, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1942 to 1944. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1944, and served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1944 to 1946. After retiring from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Clitheroe on 20 June 1955.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 21 September 1955.
He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, from 1971 to 1976.
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Assheton was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Rushcliffe from 1934 to 1945, for the City of London from 1945 to 1950, and for Blackburn West from 1950 to 1955.