Baron Clitheroe, of Downham in the County of Lancaster, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It dates to 1955 and was created for the politician Ralph Assheton, who had previously served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Three months after being raised to the peerage he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet, of Downham. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... 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. ... This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. ...
Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Baronet, of Downham (1860-1955)
Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Downham (1901-1984) (had previously been created Baron Clitheroe)
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Ralph John Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe (b. 1929)
The Heir Apparent is Hon. Ralph Christopher Assheton (b. 19 Mar 1962) 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
CLITHEROE, a market town, a parliamentary borough, and a parochial chapelry in that part of the parish of Whalley which is in the higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, and in the northern division of the county palatine of Lancaster, 216 miles N.N.W. of London, and 26 S.E. of Lancaster.
The Honor of Clitheroe was, for nearly three centuries, a part of the possessions of the duchy of Lancaster, till Charles II granted it to General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, from whom it has descended to the present proprietor, the Duke of Buccleuch.
The church of Clitheroe is an ancient structure, with a fine Saxon arch between the nave and choir ; it is dedicated to St. Michael, the patron of the castle church.
of Clitheroe, is the principal establishment in England for Roman Catholic students.
The Jesuits of St Omer, after emigrating to Bruges and Liege, were disorganized by the revolutionary troubles at the close of the 18th century, and a large body came to England, when Thomas Weld, in 1795, conferred his property of Stonyhurst upon them.
The Honour of Clitheroe, the name of which is also written Clyderhow and Cletherwoode, was first held by Roger de Poictou, who was almost certainly the builder of the castle, which was dismantled in 1649.
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