Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet
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| 4th Baronet | |
| In office 1760–1802 | |
| Succeeded by | Sir Jacob Astley, 5th Baronet |
| Member of the British Parliament for Norfolk | |
| In office 1768–1790 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1729[1] |
| Died | 27 March 1802 |
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Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet (baptised 26 December 1729 – 27 March 1802)[2] was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1790.
Early life and career[edit]
He was the oldest son of Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Lucy le Strange, youngest daughter of Sir Nicholas le Strange, 4th Baronet.[3] He was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1747.[4] In 1760, Astley succeeded his father as baronet.[5]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1763–64 and in 1768 stood successfully as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk, the same constituency his great-grandfather Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet had represented, too.[6] Astley held this seat unopposed[2] until the 1790 general election when he retired.[6] He was a supporter of parliamentary reform.[2]
Astley had a younger brother, John Astley (born 1735), who was Rector of several Norfolk parishes.[7]
Marriage and children[edit]
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Astley married firstly Rhoda Delaval, oldest daughter of Francis Blake Delaval in 1751.[8] Rhoda died in childbirth in 1757 and Astley married secondly Anne Milles, youngest daughter of Christopher Milles, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster two years later.[8] She died in 1792, and he married lastly Elizabeth Bullen in the following year.[2] Astley had three sons and a daughter by his first wife and five sons and two daughters by his second wife.[9] On his death in 1802 Astley was succeeded in the baronetcy by his third but oldest surviving son Sir Jacob Astley, 5th Baronet,[3] who at this time sat also for Norfolk in the House of Commons.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton (1729-1802)". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Drummond, Mary. "ASTLEY, Sir Edward, 4th Bt. (1729-1802), of Melton Constable, Norf". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 51.
- ^ "Astley, Edward (ASTY747E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Norfolk". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ John Archibald Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses: Part II. 1752–1900, Vol. I (1940), p. 88
- ^ a b Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 39.
- ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 220.
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