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 English-language surnames