Baron Ashton, of Ashton in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1895 for the businessman and politician James Williamson, who had previously represented Lancaster in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The title became extinct upon his death in 1930. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Lancaster and Wyre is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
This is a list of Barons (Lords of Parliament for Scottish peers) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
The Baron Lucas of Crudwell and The Lord Dingwall (known as Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall) (1663)
The Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley (1783, known as Lord Stanley of Alderley)