Background
Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire and his wife Dorothy Bellingham, daughter of Sir James Bellingham of Levens, Westmorland.
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Ralph Assheton
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Education
Magdalene College.
Career
He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623. He was admitted at Gray"s Inn on 7 May 1624. He was appointed Sheriff of Lancashire for 1633.
In April 1640, Assheton was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in the Short Parliament.
He was re-elected in November 1640 as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in the Long Parliament. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy on 18 October 1644.
In 1660 Assheton was re-elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe for the Convention Parliament and again in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament but was unseated on petition in February 1662. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in 1679 a year before his death.
Assheton died at the age of 75.
He built the vault beneath the Assheton chapel at Street Leonard"s Church, Downham and endowed a sermon on the resurrection to be preached an annually on the anniversary of his death.
Membership
Short Parliament; Cavalier Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament. Useless Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in 1625 and was re-elected in 1626.
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Died
January 30, 1680 (aged 80) -
Nationality
United Kingdom