Shukburgh Ashby

Shukburgh or Shuckburgh Ashby (6 October 1724 – 28 January 1792) was a British landowner and politician.

[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1758–59 and became Member of Parliament for Leicester at a by-election in February 1784 following the death of the sitting MP John Darker.

He declined to stand for re-election in the General Election later that year.

He is buried in St John the Baptist churchyard, Hungarton, Leicestershire with a monument by Thomas Banks.

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