Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde

Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde, (19 November 1926 – 2 August 2008) was the eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Marjorie Nell Brookes. He succeeded his father as Baron Ashton of Hyde on the latter's death on 21 March 1983.

Education and career
He attended Eton College, and New College, Oxford. He gained the rank of major with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire, 1965–1968. He was a director of Barclays Bank, 1969–1987.

Family
He married Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury, daughter of Lt.-Col. Robert Henry Langton Brackenbury, on 18 May 1957, and has issue:
 * Thomas Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 1958)
 * Charlotte Trewlove Ashton (born 1960), married Andrew D. Bartlett, 1987
 * Katharine Judith Ashton (born 1962), married Douglas J. Lawson, 1987
 * John Edward Ashton (born 1966)