{{short description|Indian-born English cricketer}} {{For|the footballer|Percy Ashton (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Percy Ashton | birth_date = 27 February 1895 | death_date = 18 September 1934 | occupation = First-class cricketer }} '''Percy Ashton ''' MC (27 February 1895 – 18 September 1934) was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Essex. He was born in Calcutta and died in Bigbury-on-Sea.
Ashton, who also played for Marylebone Cricket Club and Reigate Priory in miscellaneous matches in 1922 and 1928 respectively, made a single first-class appearance for Essex during the 1924 season, against Middlesex. From the lower-middle order, he scored 31 runs in the first innings in which he batted and 21 runs in the second.
Ashton took figures of 1-55 from a 12-over spell with the ball, taking the wicket of Patsy Hendren.
==Family== Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow and Julia Selina Thesiger.<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Alexandrina Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|accessdate=17 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202349/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|archivedate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
Ashton's brothers, Claude, Hubert, and Gilbert Ashton, and uncles Alfred and John Inglis also played first-class cricket. Ashton was, like his brothers Gilbert and Hubert, awarded the Military Cross [https://www.medalsofengland.com/medals.php?id=64&medalid=2035]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4767/4767.html Percy Ashton] at Cricket Archive
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