Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet

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Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet (c. 1639 – 17 August 1729) was an English politician.

The son of Edward Astley and Elizabeth Astley was educated in Christ Church, Oxford and matriculated on 19 June 1659. On 7 September of the same year on the death of his paternal uncle Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet, he inherited his estates of Hill Morton and Melton Constable and in 1688 the estates of his maternal uncle, the 3rd Baron Astley of Reading

Astley was created a Baronet, of Hill Morton in the County of Warwick on 26 June 1660. In 1663 and 1664, he was Sheriff of Norfolk. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk from 1685 to 1689, from 1690 to 1701, from 1702 to 1705 and from 1710 to 1722. Between 1714 and 1717, he was Comissioner of Trade. Astley was buried in Melton Constable on 21 August 1729.

[edit] Family

On 6 February 1661, he married Blanche Wodehouse, daughter of Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet. They had two sons:

• Jacob Astley (c. 1665–1681)
• Sir Philip Astley, 2nd Baronet (1667–1739)

[edit] References

• thePeerage. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir John Hobart Sir Peter Gleane	Member of Parliament for Norfolk with Sir Thomas Hare 1685–1689	Succeeded by Sir William Cook Sir Henry Hobart
Preceded by Sir William Cook Sir Henry Hobart	Member of Parliament for Norfolk with Sir William Cook 1690-1695 Sir Henry Hobart 1695-1698 Sir William Cook 1698-1701 Roger Townshend 1701 1690–1701	Succeeded by Roger Townshend Sir John Holland
Preceded by Roger Townshend Sir John Holland	Member of Parliament for Norfolk with Sir John Holland 1702–1705	Succeeded by Roger Townshend Sir John Holland
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Ashe Windham Sir John Holland	Member of Parliament for Norfolk Sir John Wodehouse 1710-1713 Sir Edmund Bacon 1713-1715 Thomas de Grey 1715-1722 1710–1722	Succeeded by Thomas de Grey Thomas Coke
Baronetage of England
Preceded by (new creation)	Baronet (of Hill Morton) 1660–1729	Succeeded by Philip Astley