Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading

Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading (c. 1654 – 1688)[1] was an English peer.

He was a the elder son of Isaac Astley, 2nd Baron Astley of Reading and his wife Anne Stydolfe, fourth daughter of Sir Francis Stydolfe.[2] In 1662, he succeeded his father as baron.[1] Astley was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[3][4]

He married his cousin Frances Stydolfe, daughter of Sir Richard Stydolfe, 1st Baronet.[2] Their marriage was childless. Astley died at St Margaret's Church in Westminster and was buried in Maidstone in Kent.[4] With his death the barony became extinct.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersA4.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1831). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 17. 
  3. ^ His name appears in Venn as James, rather than Jacob, Astley.Astley, James, Lord Reding in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  4. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading". http://www.thepeerage.com/p4082.htm#i40820. Retrieved 11 February 2007. 
  5. ^ "British History Online". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53821. Retrieved 4 May 2009. 
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Isaac Astley		 Baron Astley of Reading
1662 – 1688		 Extinct