Sir Hubert Ashton KBE MC (13 February 1898 – 17 June 1979) was an English first-class cricketer, footballer and politician.

[2] He was awarded the Military Cross, the citation for which appeared in The London Gazette in January 1919, and reads as follows: For conspicuous gallantry and skill in leading a section of guns into a forward position near Trones Wood on 27th August, 1918, where, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, he succeeded in destroying an enemy strong point, thereby greatly facilitating the infantry advance.

As a cricketer, Ashton was a sound right-hand batsman in the outstanding Cambridge University sides in the years just after the First World War, in which he had been commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery and won the Military Cross, and he played for Essex in the vacations.

His most famous exploit, though, was as a member of the amateur side assembled by Archie MacLaren to take on the hitherto-invincible 1921 Australian cricket team at Eastbourne.

Ashton hit 75 in 72 minutes, Faulkner made 153 and McLaren's side won the match by 28 runs.