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ASTLEY, SIR JACOB HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir Edward Astley, Bart., MP, Melton Constable, Norfolk, and his first wife Rhoda, eldest dau. of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); b. 12 Sep 1756; adm. 25 Feb 1765; left Dec 1774; Trin. Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 26 Feb 1776, did not matr.; MP Norfolk 15 Nov 1797 -1806, and from 4 Mar 1807; succ. his father as 5th baronet 27 Mar 1802; inherited the Seaton Delaval estates on the death of his uncle Edward Hussey Delaval (qv); m. 14 Jan 1789 Hester, dau. of Samuel Brown, King’s Lynn, Norfolk; d. 28 Apr 1817.

ASTLEY, JACOB, 22ND BARON HASTINGS, eldest son of Sir Jacob Henry Astley, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Nov 1797; adm. Midsummer 1812; in school list Apr 1815; Magd. Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Feb 1817; DCL 1820; succ. father as 6th baronet 28 Apr 1817; MP (Whig) Norfolk West 1832-7; summoned to parliament by writ as Baron Hastings 18 May 1841, the abeyance of the barony being terminated in his favour; FSA 24 Feb 1848; his fine collection of coins and medals was sold at Sotheby’s in 1880 as “the property of a nobleman”; Master, West Norfolk Foxhounds 1823-30, Joint Master 1830-43; m. 22 Mar 1819 Georgiana Caroline, second dau. of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, Bart., MP; d. 27 Dec 1859.

ATKYNS, SIR ROBERT, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir Robert Atkyns PC KB FRS, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Sir George Clerk, Kt.; bapt. 26 Aug 1647; adm. Nov 1657; a boarder; left 1662 (Busby’s Account Book); St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 14 Mar 1662/3, aged 15; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Feb 1660/1, called to bar 14 Apr 1668; knighted 5 Sep 1663; Deputy Receiver-General, Law Duties 1671-2, Receiver-General 1672-3, Comptroller 1673-9; of Pinbury Park, Gloucs.; MP Cirencester Feb 1678/9 - Jan 1680/1, Gloucestershire Mar 1684/5 - July 1687; JP Gloucestershire 1673- Mar 1688, Oct 1688 onwards; DL Gloucestershire 1683 - Feb 1688; author, The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, 1712; lic. to m. 5 Jul 1669 Louise, dau. of Sir George De Carteret, Bart., Hawns, Beds.; d. 29 Nov 1711 (M. I. Sapperton, Gloucs. ). DNB.

AUBREY, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., and Martha, sister of Thomas Richard Carter (qv); b. 4 Jul 1739; adm. May 1752 (Hart's); KS 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, but not adm. as Westminster Student; DCL 8 Jul 1763; Grand Tour (Italy) 1764-5; MP Wallingford 1768-74, Aylesbury 1774-80, Wallingford 1780-4, Buckinghamshire 1784-90, Clitheroe 1790-6, Aldeburgh 1796-1812, Steyning 1812-20, Horsham from 1820; a Lord of the Admiralty Jul 1782 - Apr 1783; a Lord of the Treasury Dec 1783 - Apr 1789; succ. father as 6th baronet 4 Sep 1786; of Boarstall and Dorton, Bucks.; “father” of the House of Commons; m. 1st, 9 Mar 1771 Mary, dau. of Sir James Colebrooke, Bart., MP; m. 2nd, 26 May 1783 his cousin Martha Catherine, dau. of George Richard Carter, Chilton, Bucks.; d. 14 Mar 1826.

AUBREY, THOMAS, brother of Sir John Aubrey, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Jul 1740; adm. (aged 11) May 1752 (Hart's); in school list 1754; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Nov 1756; BA 1760; Ensign, 9th Foot 26 Oct 1762; Lieut., 62nd Foot 27 Mar 1765; 4th Foot 17 May 1766; Capt., 47th Foot 30 Apr 1771; Brevet Maj. 7 Jun 1782; half pay as Capt. from 28 Feb 1788; Inspecting Field Officer of Yeomanry with rank of Lieut. -Col. from 7 Jan 1804; served in American War, distinguishing himself when in command on Diamond Island; MP Wallingford 1784-90; m. in Canada 1780 Elizabeth Twing; d. 15 Jan 1814.

AUNGIER, FRANCIS, 1ST BARON AUNGIER OF LONGFORD (I), son of Richard Aungier, Cambridge, and Anne, dau. of William Stewart, Cambridge; bapt. 14 May 1558; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1573, adm. scholar 1574, matr. Easter 1574; adm. Gray’s Inn 25 Nov 1577, called to bar 17 Jun 1583; QC; Bencher, Gray’s Inn 1602; MP Newcastle-under-Lyme 1588-9, Haslemere Sep 1597 - Feb 1597/8; knighted 28 May 1609; Master of the Rolls (I) from 5 Oct 1609; Privy Councillor (I) by 1611; Joint Lord Keeper (I) Apr - May 1619; created Baron Aungier of Longford (I) 29 Jun 1621; m. 1st, by 1589, Douglas, youngest dau. of Hon. Edward Fitzgerald, and sister of Gerald Fitzgerald, 16th Earl of Kildare (I); m. 2nd, Anne, dau. of Sir George Barne, Kt; m. 3rd, Margaret, widow of Sir John Wynn, Bart., Gwydir, Caernarvonshire, and dau. of Sir Thomas Cave, Kt, Stanford, Northants.; d. 8 Oct 1632.

AYSCOUGH, SIR EDWARD, eldest son of Sir Edward Ayscough, Kt MP, South Kelsey, Lincs., and Frances, dau. of Sir Nicholas Clifford, Kt.; bapt. South Kelsey St. Mary, Lincs. 29 Sep 1618; at school under Osbaldeston (Al. Cant. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 16 Sep 1635, aged 17; MP Grimsby 1659; knighted 2 Jun 1660; JP Lincolnshire 1657, High Sheriff 1665; m. 11 Sep 1645 Isabel, dau. of Sir John Bolles, Bart., Scampton, Lincs.; d. 13 Aug 1668.

BACON, SIR EDWARD, third son of Sir Nicholas Bacon Kt, Lord Keeper, and his first wife Jane, dau. of William Fernley, West Creeting, Suffolk; b.; it is stated in Al. Cant. that he matr. at Cambridge Univ Mich. 1561 (aged 12), as a fellow commoner of Trinity Coll., but if so he then went to the School; adm.; QS in 1564; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1566, Westminster Student to 1573; BA 1569/70; adm. Gray’s Inn 1566, ancient 21 Nov 1576; MP Great Yarmouth 1576 - Apr 1583, Tavistock Nov 1584 - Sep 1585, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Oct 1586 - Mar 1586/7; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1600-1; knighted 11 May 1603; m. Helen, dau. of Thomas Littell, Shrubland Hall, Suffolk; d. 8 Sep 1618, aged 70. DNB, s. v. Sir Nicholas Bacon.

BAGOT, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BAGOT, second son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, Bart., MP, Blithfield, Staffs., and Lady Barbara Legge, eldest dau. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 28 Feb 1728; adm. from Repton Sch. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); left 1746; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1746/7; MA 1749; DCL 1754; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-2; MP Staffordshire 1754-80; succeeded his father as 6th baronet 28 Jan 1768; created Baron Bagot (GB) 17 Oct 1780; of Blithfield, Staffs.; m. 20 Aug 1760 Hon. Elizabeth Louisa St. John, only surviving dau. of John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John; d. 22 Oct 1798.

BAGWELL, CHARLES; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left 1768; was living at Clonmel, Tipperary, when he served as Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1803, and was doubtless a relative of William Bagwell (qv). [But this entry seems to be a conflation of Charles Bagwell, Steward in 1803, with a Bagwell, Christian name unspecified, who appears in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767, and left 1768; the latter could well have been John Bagwell (c. 1752-1816), Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1768, aged 16, MA 22 Jun 1771, MP Co. Tipperary (I) 1792-1800 (UK) 1801-6, father of William Bagwell (qv)]