Astley Baronets

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There have been four Astley baronetcies:

Contents 1 Astley of Melton Constable, Norfolk (1642) 2 Astley of Hill Morton, Warwickshire (1660) 3 Astley of Pateshull, Staffordshire (1662) 4 Astley of Everley, Wiltshire (1821) 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Astley of Melton Constable, Norfolk (1642)

Created in the Baronetage of England 21 January 1642

• Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet (extinct on his death)

[edit] Astley of Hill Morton, Warwickshire (1660)

Created in the Baronetage of England 25 June 1660

• Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet MP for Norfolk 1685-1687, 1690-1701 1702-1705 and 1710-1722.
• Sir Philip Astley, 2nd Baronet
• Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet
• Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet MP for Norfolk 1768-1790
• Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 5th Baronet MP for Norfolk 1797-1817
• Sir Jacob Astley, 6th Baronet

The abeyance of the Barony of Hastings was terminated in his favour in 1841 at which time the baronetcy merged with this title and continues to do so

[edit] Astley of Pateshull, Staffordshire (1662)

Created in the Baronetage of England 13 August 1662

• Sir Richard Astley, 1st Baronet
• Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet MP for Shrewsbury 1727-1734 and Shropshire 1734-1772 (extinct on his death)

[edit] Astley of Everley, Wiltshire (1821)

Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 15 August 1821

• Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet
• Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, 2nd Baronet
• Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet MP for Lincolnshire North 1874-1880
• Sir Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett, 4th Baronet
• Sir Francis Henry Rivers Astley-Corbett, 5th Baronet
• Sir Francis Jacob Dudley Astley, 6th Baronet (extinct on his death)

[edit] See also

• Astley-Cooper Baronets

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.