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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.

ASTLEY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1737; left 1738.

ASTLEY, SAMUEL, son of John Astley, Worcester; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 14 Jul 1676, aged 18, Westminster Student 3 Jul 1677-89 (void); BA 25 Feb 1680/1; MA 1683; ordained; Vicar of Whiteladies Aston, Worcs., from 28 Sep 1687; Rector of Peopleton, Worcs., 13 Aug 1705-17; Rector of Bredicot, Worcs. 3 Nov 1711; m. Merriel ---; buried White Ladies Aston, Worcs. 7 Apr 1719.

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, 2nd 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.