Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde

The Right Honourable The Lord Ashton of Hyde PC
Official portrait, 2022
Chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 January 2023
Preceded by	The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office 26 July 2019 – 7 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Succeeded by	The Baroness Williams of Trafford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society
In office 13 July 2016 – 26 July 2019[1]
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Rob Wilson
Succeeded by	The Baroness Barran
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip
In office 15 July 2014 – 11 June 2017
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Preceded by	The Lord Bates
Succeeded by	The Lord Henley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer 25 July 2011
By-election	25 July 2011
Preceded by	The 7th Earl of Onslow
Personal details
Born	(1958-07-18) 18 July 1958 (age 65)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Emma Allinson
Relatives	Thomas Ashton (father)
Education	Trinity College, Oxford (BA)

Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde, PC (born 18 July 1958), has served as a Minister in HM Government since 2014 and by profession is an insurance broker. He succeeded to his family's peerage title on 2 August 2008.