Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar
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Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar (9 July 1584 – 13 August 1639) was born in Staffordshire, England, about 1584, a son of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall and Anne Lucy of Cherlecote.
At the coronation of King James I of England, Walter was honored with the Order of the Bath. And, in 1611, he was created a baronet. The event was particularly significant for the Aston family, because as descendants of John Aston, minor nobility of the Plantagenet dynasty, they had little standing with the Tudor dynasty which had driven the last Plantagenet King Richard III from power when he was slain at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
In 1622, Sir Walter Aston was employed by the crown to negotiate a marriage between Charles, the Prince of Wales, and an Infanta of Spain. For this service, he was elevated to the peerage on November 28, 1627, as Lord Aston of Forfar.
Lord Aston married Gertrude, only daughter of Sir Thomas Sadleir of Standon. Lord Aston's sister Anne was married to Ambrose Elton, Esq., of Hazle, Herefordshire, an Oxford graduate, JP and High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1618.[1] Walter Aston died in 1639, and was succeeded by his son Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar.
