Assheton

Assheton (pronounced Ashton) is an English name deriving from Ashton-under-Lyne (formerly spelt Assheton or Asheton). It may refer to:

Given name

• Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (1730–1820), British Tory politician
• Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe (1850–1911), British naval officer
• Assheton Gorton (1930–2014), English production designer
• Assheton Pownall (priest) (1823–1886), Archdeacon of Leicester
• Sir Assheton Pownall (1877–1953), British Tory politician

Surname

• Abdias Assheton (1563–1633), English clergyman
• John Assheton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nicholas Assheton (1590–1625), English writer
• Ralph Assheton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Richard Assheton of Middleton, 16th-century soldier and landowner
• Richard Assheton (died 1579), MP for Aldborough and Carlisle
• R. R. G. (Rowland) Assheton, architect, designer of the Grand Picture Theatre in Adelaide, Australia (opened 1916)
• Thomas Assheton Smith I (1752–1828), English landowner and all-round sportsman
• Thomas Assheton Smith II (1776–1858), English landowner and all-round sportsman
• William Assheton (1641–1711), English cleric

See also

• Assheton baronets
• Assheton-Smith baronets