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ASTON, ---; b.; in school list 1656, first quarter; left 1656. [Whitmore identifies him as William Aston, elder brother of Francis Aston (qv) : on what grounds ?]

ASTON, SIR ARTHUR INGRAM, younger son of Col. Henry Hervey Aston, Aston, Cheshire, 12th Foot, by Hon. Harriet Ingram-Shepheard, fourth dau. of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irvine (S) (qv); b. 23 Dec 1798; adm. 2 Mar 1810; left 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, gent. commoner, matr. 2 May 1814; MA 1817; entered Diplomatic Service; attaché, Vienna Apr 1819; Secretary of Legation, Rio de Janeiro Apr 1826; Secretary of Embassy, Paris Jan 1833; Minister Plenipotentiary there 17 Jul 1838 - Jul 1839; Minister Plenipotentiary, Madrid 13 Feb 1840 - Nov 1843; GCB 10 Nov 1843; of Aston Hall, Cheshire; d. unm. 5 May 1859.

ASTON, FRANCIS, younger son of Francis Aston, St. Mary Le Strand, London, and Margaret, dau. of Joan Chatwell, St. Mary le Strand, London, widow; bapt. 1 Feb 1644/5; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 16) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662, matr. 1664/5; MA 1668; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1667-c. 1675; FRS 1678; Secretary, Royal Society 1681-5; d. 1715 (will proved 22 Jul 1715, as of Whitehall, Middlesex).

ASTON, SIR GEORGE GREY, son of Lieut. -Col. Henry Aston, EICS Bombay, by Katherine, dau. of Rev. Abraham Faure, Cape Town, South Africa; b. 2 Dec 1861; adm. QS 9 Oct 1876; left Aug 1879; RNC Greenwich 1879-81; 1st Lieut., Royal Marine Artillery 1 Sep 1879; Capt. 25 Jan 1888; Professor of Fortification, RNC Greenwich 1896-9; Maj. 2 Mar 1898; Brevet Lieut. -Col. 29 Nov 1900; Brevet Col. 24 May 1905; Lieut. -Col., Royal Marine Artillery 6 Feb 1908; Brig. -Gen. 4 Apr 1908 - 20 Jan 1913, 25 Aug 1914-7; Col., 2nd Commandant, Royal Marine Artillery 7 May 1913, Col. Commandant 24 Sep 1914; retd. with hon. rank Maj. -Gen. 24 Sep 1917; served Egyptian expedition 1884 and South African War 1900-1, despatches LG 10 Sep 1901; commanded expeditions to Ostend and Dunkirk 1914; served in War Cabinet Secretariat 1918-9; CB 26 Jun 1902; KCB 3 Jun 1913; ADC to King 26 Jun 1911-7; Busby Trustee from May 1919; author, Letters on Amphibious Wars, 1911, and other works; m. 1 Jun 1909 Dorothy Ellen, youngest dau. of Vice-Adm. William Wilson, Clyffe Manor, Swindon, Wilts.; d. 2 Dec 1938. DNB.

ASTON, HON. HENRY HERVEY, brother of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 5 Jan 1700/1; adm. 27 Jan 1711/2; QS (Capt. ) 1716; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 8 Jun 1719, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1719 - void 18 Dec 1723; Cornet, 11th Dragoons 25 Mar 1724; Capt., 11th Foot 13 May 1735; 1st Dragoon Guards 21 Dec 1738; retd. 8 Jul 1742; ordained priest (Ely) Sep 1743; Rector of Shotley, Suffolk, from 30 Sep 1743; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Oct 1743; MA 1744; assumed additional surname of Aston by private Act of Parliament (17 Geo. II, c. xxii); earned the gratitude of Dr. Johnson, who in speaking of Hervey to Boswell said “he was a vicious Man, but very kind to me : if you call a dog Hervey, I shall love it” (Boswell’s Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, i, 106); a charity sermon preached by him in May 1745 and published under his name was written by Dr. Johnson; m. 2 Mar 1730 Catherine, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Aston, Bart.; d. 16 Nov 1748.

Aston, John, son of the Rev. John Walter Aston, Vicar of Ambleside, Westmorland, by Constance Helena, daughter of William Hinkes Cox, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 18, 1879; adm. from Harrow School Sept. 28, 1893 (R); Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1898, matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; asst. master at Hill Side School, Godalming, 1902-6, and at St. Clare, Walmer, 1906-9, Head Master at St. Clare from 1910; served in France as 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 1916 -July 1917; dangerously wounded near Hollebeke, July 27, 1917 and was discharged for wound Feb. 1918 and gazetted Lieut.; author of sketches of Christ Church, Oxford (1902) and other works; d. Jan. 12, 1937.

ASTON, RANDOLPH LITTLETON, brother of William Clifford Aston (qv); b. 6 Sep 1869; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1883, having previously been at Cheltenham Coll. ; left May 1884; at Berkhamsted Sch. 1884-5, Tonbridge Sch. 1885-8, Smythe exhibitioner 1888; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Oct 1888, matr. Mich. 1888; BA 1891; MA 1905; played Rugby football for Cambridge Dec 1889, Mar 1891, for England v. Scotland and England v. Ireland 1890, and for English team in South Africa 1891-2; member of committee, Rugby Football Union 1906-10; assistant master, Blairlodge Sch. , Perthshire 1891-2; assistant master, Tonbridge Sch. 1892-23, house master there 1910-23; 2nd Lieut. Tonbridge Sch. OTC 22 May 1915, temp. Lieut. 2 Oct 1915; d. 3 Nov 1930.

ASTON, WALTER HUTCHINSON, 8TH BARON ASTON (S), eldest son of Walter Aston, 7th Baron Aston (S), and Anne, dau. of Peter Hutchinson, Gales, Yorks.; b. 15 Sep 1769 ‘; adm. 31 May 1780; KS 1785; one of the contributors to The Trifler, 1788-9; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - 10 Jun 1803 (void, on expiry year of grace as PC Caversham); BA 1793; MA 1796; ordained priest (York) 3 Jul 1796; Curate, Barton in Farbis, Notts., 1796; Perpetual Curate, Caversham, Oxfordshire (year of grace as from 10 Jun 1802); succ. father as 8th Baron Aston (S) 29 Jul 1805; Rector and Vicar of Hartfield, Sussex, 6 Apr 1807-15; presented petition to Crown claiming barony of Aston of Forfar (S) Feb 1819; Vicar of Tardebigg, Worcs., from 10 Oct 1821; Vicar of Tanworth, Warwickshire 12 Aug 1829 – May 1832; author, Select Psalms in Verse, 1811; m. 14 Jun 1802 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Nathan Haines DD, Vicar of St. Mary’s, Nottingham; d. 21 Jan 1845.

ASTON, WILLIAM CLIFFORD, fourth son of Rev. John Astbury Aston, Vicar of St. Luke’s, Cheltenham, and Emily Laura Cox, Wimbledon, Surrey; b. 10 Oct 1858; adm. (G) 22 Jan 1869; exhibitioner 1872; QS 1873; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1877, matr. 24 May 1877; BA 1879; MA 1884; played Association Football for Oxford 1881; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1881, priest 21 Dec 1882 (both Gloucester & Bristol); Curate, St. Luke’s, Cheltenham 1881-3; Curate, Holy Trinity, Chelsea 1883; Perpetual Curate of St. George’s, Brighton 24 Jan 1884-8; Curate, Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey 1888-90; Curate, Ross, Herefs. 1890-3; Curate in charge, St. John’s, Polegate, Sussex 22 Aug 1893-5; Curate, Leckhampton, Gloucs., from 1895; also Rector of Beeston St. Andrew, Norfolk (sinecure), from 1886; m. 17 Apr 1884 Annie Nevile, youngest dau. of George Nevile Wyatt, Cheltenham, Gloucs., landowner; d. 13 Feb 1904.

ASTON, WILLIAM GERALD, brother of William Clifton Aston (qv); b. 7 Apr 1860; adm. 8 Apr 1869; left Christmas 1870; at Cheltenham Coll. 1871-5, subsequently at Rossall Sch.; St. Catharine’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; BA 1890; divinity student, Trin. Coll. Toronto, Canada; ordained deacon (Toronto) 1886, priest 1888; Curate, St. John’s, Bowmanville, Ontario 1886-7; Curate, Teddington, Middlesex 1889-90; Curate, Eastnor, Herefs., 1891-3; Curate, Little Wymondley, Herts. 1893-6; Rector of Ellingham, Norfolk, from 1897; m. 11 Aug 1897 Caroline, fourth dau. of William Boyle Glenny, Newry, Co. Armagh; d. 12 Oct 1915.