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Sir Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet (11 February 1651 – 3 May 1716) was an English politician.Baptised on 19 February 1651 in Middleton in Lancashire he was the son of Sir Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet and Anne Assheton. Assheton was educated at Brasenose College Oxford where he matriculated in 1668. In 1665 he succeeded to his father’s baronetcy and in 1696 he inherited the family’s estates in Whalley from his uncle Sir John Assheton 4th Baronet.