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Aston of Forfar, Lord (S, 1627 - dormant 1751)

Creation: let.pat. 28 Nov 1627

Dormant: 24 Aug 1751

Family name: Aston

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Arms:

Argent a Fess and in chief three Lozenges Sable

Crest:

A Bull's Head couped Or armed Argent the tips of the Horns Sable

Supporters:

On either side a Roman Knight armed proper his face hands and knees bare having a Round Buckler on the exterior arm his scabbard Sable Sword Hilt and Chapes Or

Motto:

 Numini et patriae asto;  Contra et rapido muero

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Walter [Aston], 1st Lord Aston of Forfar

1st surv. son and heir of Sir Edward Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford, by his second wife Anne Lucy, dau. of Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, co. Warwick

bapt.

9 Jul 1584

mar.

c. 1607 Gertrude Sadleir (d. after 3 Jun 1635), hrss. in her issue of her brother, Ralph Sadleir, of Standon, co. Hertford, and only dau. of Sir Thomas Sadleir, of Standon, co. Hertford, by his second wife Gertrude Markham, dau. of Robert Markham, of Cotham, co. Nottingham

children

1. Walter Aston (dvp. an infant)

2. Hon Walter Aston, later 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar

3. Hon Herbert Aston, of Colton, co. Stafford (bapt. 16 Jan 1613/4; bur. 9 Jan 1689 at Colton), mar. Catherine Thimbleby, sister of Sir John Thimbleby, of Irnham, co. Lincoln, and 3rd dau. of Richard Thimbleby (by his wife Mary Brooksby, dau. of Edward Brooksby, of Shoby, co. Leicester), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of John Thimbleby, of Irnham, co. Lincoln, and had issue:

1a. John Aston (d. after 21 Jun 1689)

4. Hon John Aston (d. after 3 Jun 1635)

5. Thomas Aston (dvp. young)

1. Gertrude Aston (dvp. an infant)

2. Honoria Aston (bapt. 17 Jul 1610; dvp. c. 1622; bur. in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex)

3. Hon Frances Aston (bapt. 16 Apr 1612; d. after 3 Jun 1635), mar. bef. Jun 1635 as his second wife Sir William Pershall, of Canwell, co. Stafford

4. Hon Gertrude Aston, became a nun at Louvain, Flanders, after her husband's death (dsp. after 1655), mar. Henry Thimbleby (dsp. 1655), brother of Sir John Thimbleby, of Irnham, co. Lincoln, and 6th son of Richard Thimbleby (by his wife Mary Brooksby, dau. of Edward Brooksby, of Shoby, co. Leicester), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of John Thimbleby, of Irnham, co. Lincoln

5. Hon Constance Aston (d. after 3 Jun 1635), mar. 1629 Walter Fowler, of St Thomas's Priory, co. Stafford

died

13 Aug 1639 (bur. at St Mary's Church, Stafford)

created

22 May 1611 a Baronet of England, styled "of Tixhall, co. Stafford"

28 Nov 1627 Lord Aston of Forfar, with remainder to him and his heirs male for ever bearing the name and arms of Aston

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King James I 1603; Ambassador to Spain 1620-25 and 1635-38

Walter [Aston], 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar

born

1609

mar.

1629 Lady Mary Weston (bapt. 2 Jan 1602/3; d. after Aug 1678), 2nd dau. of Richard [Weston], 1st Earl of Portland, by his first wife Elizabeth Pincheon, dau. of William Pincheon, of Writtle, co. Essex

children

1. Hon Walter Aston, later 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar

2. Hon Thomas Aston (dsp.), mar. Elizabeth Ogle, dau. of Thomas Ogle, of Dissington, co. Northumberland

3. Charles Aston (dvp. young)

4. Hon William Aston, accused along with his brother of involvement in the Titus Oates plot (dsp.)

1. Hon Elizabeth Aston, mar. Sir John Southcote, of Merstham, co. Surrey

2. Hon Frances Aston (dsp. and vp. after 1665), mar. as his second wife Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bt., of Hengrave, co. Suffolk

3. Hon Gertrude Aston (d. unm.)

4. Hon Mary Aston (d. unm.)

5. Hon Anne Aston, mar. Henry Somerset, of Pauntley Court, co. Gloucester, son of Lord John Somerset, son of Henry [Somerset], 1st Marquess of Worcester

died

23 Apr 1678 (bur. at St Mary's Church, Stafford)

suc. by

son

notes

a supporter of King Charles I, present at the Siege of Lichfield 1646 and at the surrender of Oxford, after which he compounded for his estates and lived in retirement; he inherited the estate of Standon, co. Hertford, from his maternal uncle, Ralph Sadleir, in 1660

Walter [Aston], 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar

born

1633

mar. (1)

c. 1657 Eleanor Knightley (widow of Robert Knightley, of Offchurch, co. Warwick; d. 3 Dec 1674), dau. of Sir Walter Blount, 1st Bt., of Sodington, co. Worcester, by his wife Elizabeth Wylde, dau. of George Wylde, of Droitwich, co. Worcester, Serjeant-at-Law

children by first wife

1. Hon Edward Walter Aston (b. 1658; dvp. 1678)

2. Hon Francis Aston (dvp. 1694; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

3. Hon Walter Aston, later 4th Lord Aston of Forfar

4. Hon Charles Aston, Captain of the Band of Pensioners to King James II (b. 1664; killed vp. at the Battle of the Boyne 1 Jul 1690)

5. William Aston (dvp. an infant)

1. Hon Mary Aston (d. unm.)

2. Catherine Aston (dvp. an infant)

mar. (2)

after 1680 Catherine Gage (dsp. 2 Apr 1720; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford), dau. of Sir Thomas Gage, 2nd Bt., of Firle, co. Sussex, by his wife Mary Chamberlain, dau. of John Chamberlain, of Shirburn, co. Oxford

died

24 Nov 1714 (bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

between 1679 and 1685 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London with other "Popish Lords" for his supposed involvement in the plot fabricated by Titus Oates; Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 1687-89; remained loyal to King James II on the landing of King William III in 1688; took part in the election of Scottish Representative Peers 1713

Walter [Aston], 4th Lord Aston of Forfar

born

1660

mar.

c. 1 Oct 1698 Mary Howard (d. 23 May 1723; bur. at Sandon, co. Hertford), sister of Edward [Howard], 9th Duke of Norfolk, and only dau. of Lord Thomas Howard, of Worksop, co. Nottingham (by his wife Mary Elizabeth Savile, only child and sole hrss. of Sir John Savile, 1st Bt., of Copley, co. York), 2nd son by his first wife of Henry [Howard], 6th Duke of Norfolk

children

1. Hon Walter Aston (b. 16 Feb 1711; dvp. 19 Jun 1717; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

2. Hon Edward Richard Aston (b. 17 Jan 1713; dvp. young)

3. Hon Thomas William Anthony Aston (dvp. betw. 16 Jun and 25 Oct 1739)

4. Hon Charles Joseph Aston (b. 19 Mar 1719; dvp. 12 Apr 1730 ; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

5. Hon James Aston, later 5th Lord Aston of Forfar

1. Mary Aston (b. 27 Oct 1703; dvp. 10 Dec 1704; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

2. Anne Aston (b. 4 Apr 1705; dvp. 24 Jul 1705 ; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

3. Hon Catherine Elizabeth Aston (b. 7 Mar 1708; dvp. 25 Oct 1739; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford), mar. after 13 Jun 1727 Edward Weld, of Lulworth Castle, co. Dorset

4. Mary Anne Aston (b. May 1709 ; dvp. 2 Apr 1712; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

5. Hon Margaret Aston, a nun at Paris, France (b. 28 Mar 1714; d. after Aug 1747)

6. Hon Elianora Aston (b. 22 May 1717; dvp. 1 Feb 1727/8; bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

died

4 Apr 1748 (bur. at Standon, co. Hertford)

suc. by

son

note

James [Aston], 5th Lord Aston of Forfar

born

23 May 1723

mar.

30 Jun 1742 Barbara Talbot (dspm. 9 Nov 1759), sister of George [Talbot], 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, and 1st dau. of George Talbot (by his wife Hon Mary FitzWilliam, only child by his second wife of Thomas [Fitzwilliam], 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam), 2nd son of Hon Gilbert Talbot (by his wife Jane Flatsbury, dau. of William Flatsbury), 3rd son by his first wife of John [Talbot], 10th Earl of Shrewsbury

children

1. Hon Mary Aston, accidentally burnt to death at the house of her son George Blount (b. 14 Aug 1743; d. 30 Jan 1805; bur. at St Mary's Church, Stafford), mar. 21 Sep 1766 her third cousin Sir Walter Blount, 6th Bt., of Sodington, co. Worcester, and had issue

2. Hon Barbara Aston (b. 4 Sep 1744; d. 2 Aug 1786; bur. at St Mary's Church, Stafford), mar. 2 Feb 1762 Hon Thomas Clifford (b. 22 Aug 1732; d. 16 Jul 1787), 2nd son of Hugh [Clifford], 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, by his wife Elizabeth Blount, dau. and cohrss. of Edward Blount, of Blagdon, co. Devon, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 24 Aug 1751 (bur. at St Mary's Church, Stafford)

note

he lived throughout his life in retirement at Standon Lordship and took no part in public life due to the severity of the penal laws against Roman Catholics; on his death the Baronetcy of 1611 became extinct

On the death of the 5th Lord Aston of Forfar, the peerage, in accordance with the terms of the 1627 patent, devolved on the heir male general of the grantee; this appears to have been his fifth cousin once removed, William Aston of Beaulieu, whose descent is given below.

However, there is no firm evidence that the lines of Herbert Aston or of John Aston, brothers of the 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar, or of Thomas Aston, his uncle, are extinct. The heir of anyone of these three, if such existed, would have taken precedence of the aforesaid William Aston.

On or shortly after the death of the 5th Lord Aston of Forfar the peerage was assumed as below. Of these claimants it is obvious that the first two, Philip Aston and his brother Walter Aston, were nor entitled to the Lordship of Aston of Forfar, as their descent was from the fourth son of Sir Walter Aston (grandfather of the 1st Lord Aston of Forfar), while the abovementioned William Aston (their distant relative in Ireland, of whose existence they were probably unaware), descended from the second son. As regards the third claimant to this title, however, Walter Aston the watchmaker, the succession must have opened to him on the death of William Aston in 1769 (assuming that the male issue of Robert Aston of Park Hall then became extinct), subject only to the remote possibility of the uncle or one of the two brothers of the 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar having then a surviving heir male

Sir Walter Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford

1st son and heir of Sir Edward Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford, by his second wife Jane Bowles, dau. of Sir Thomas Bowles, of Penho Castle, co. Monmouth, a Baron of the Exchequer

born

8 Oct 1530

mar.

bef. 8 Apr 1545 Elizabeth Leveson, dau. of James Leveson, merchant of London, by his second wife Margery Offley, dau. of William Offley, of Chester

children

1. Sir Edward Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford, and Wanlip, co. Leicester, knighted 1584, Sheriff of Staffordshire 1590/1 (b. c. 1551; d. 1 Feb 1596/7; bur. at Wanlip, co. Leicester), mar. (1) after 3 Jun 1574 Mary Spencer, dau. of Sir John Spencer, of Althorp, co. Northampton, and (2) Anne Lucy, dau. of Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, co. Warwick, and had issue by his second wife:

1a. Sir Walter Aston, 1st Bt., later 1st Lord Aston of Forfar

2a. Edward Aston, of the Jewel Office (dsp.), mar. Anne Sadleir, only dau. of Lee Sadleir, of Temple Dinesley, co. Hertford

3a. Thomas Aston, of the Inner Temple (d. after 18 Oct 1624)

1a. Joyce Aston (d. bef. 1624), mar. Sir Martin Culpepper, of Deane, co. Oxford

2a. Elizabeth Aston (d. 25 Mar 1627; bur. at Pillardington, co. Warwick), mar. 20 Jul 1600 John Sandbach, of Broadway, co. Worcester

3a. Anne Aston (d. 5 Feb 1660), mar. Ambrose Elton, of Hazel in the parish of Ledbury, co. Hereford (d. 19 Feb 1659)

4a. Jane Aston, mar. Dr Thomas Elton

2. Robert Aston, of Parkhall in the parish of Leigh, co. Stafford, Barrister of Gray's Inn 1581, Recorder of Stafford (d. 1623), mar. Joyce Dallyson, 2nd dau. of William Dallyson, a Judge of the King's Bench, and had issue:

1a. William Aston (drowned vp. in the River Sow, near Tixall, co. Stafford)

2a. William Aston, of Parkhall in the parish of Leigh, co. Stafford (d. 18 Nov 1634), mar. Mary Barbour (widow of George Barbour), dau. of Ralph Rugeley, of Dunton, co. Warwick, and had issue:

1b. Frances Aston, of Parkhall in the parish of Leigh, co. Stafford (b. 9 Aug 1628), mar. 28 Apr 1647 John Whitehall, and had issue

3a. Robert Aston, of Marston (d. 1625)

4a. John Aston, of Tean in the parish of Leigh, co. Stafford (bur. 28 Nov 1640 at Leigh, co. Stafford), mar. Margery Walton, dau. of James Walton, of Fole in the parish of Leigh, co. Stafford, and had issue:

1b. Sir William Aston, of Loughborough, co. Leicester, and Dublin, Ireland, Member of Parliament for Cos. Meath and Louth 1654 and 1658-59, a Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland (bapt. 8 Oct 1631; d. betw. 5 May 1671 and 29 Jan 1671/2), mar. (1) Sarah Wingfield (d. bef. Jul 1642), dau. of Thomas Wingfield, of Shrewsbury, and had issue:

1c. Elizabeth Aston (dsp. 5 Feb 1656; bur. in Dublin, Ireland), mar. Nicholas Coddington, of Holm Patrick in Fingall, Ireland

2c. Anne Aston (d. bef. 1669)

Sir William Aston mar. (2) aft. 12 Jul 1642 Elizabeth Gill (widow of Cotton Gill, merchant of London; d. 19 May 1661; bur. in Dublin, Ireland), dau. of William Fellgate, merchant of London, and had further issue:

1c. William Aston, entered Lincoln's Inn 1661, executed for the murder of ..... Keating (b. 1643; dspm. 7 May 1686; bur. in Dublin, Ireland), mar. aft. 21 Oct 1682 Lettice Jones

2c. John Aston (d. bef. 1669)

Sir William Aston mar. (3) aft. 6 Nov 1661 Ursula Stockton (mar. (2) 1674 Col Rt Hon Sir Charles Feilding (dspm. 24 Apr 1722), 2nd son of George [Feilding], 1st Earl of Desmond, by his wife Bridget Stanhope, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Michael Stanhope, of Sudbury, co. Suffolk; d. 30 Oct 1720; bur. in St Michael's Church, Dublin), dau. of Thomas Stockton, a Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland, and had further issue:

3c. Thomas Aston (b. 1662), mar. Margaret Sandys, dau. of Col Robert Sandys, of Co. Roscommon, and had issue:

1d. William Aston, of Beaulieu, Co. Louth, Sheriff of Co. Louth 1715, Member of Parliament for Dunleer 1721-27 and for Co. Louth 1727-44 (d. 23 Aug 1744), mar. Hon Salisbury Tichborne, only dau. and hrss. of Henry [Tichborne], 1st Baron Ferrard of Beaulieu, by his wife Arabella Cotton, dau. of Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bt., of Combermere, co. Chester, by his wife Hester Salisbury, dau. of Sir Thomas Salisbury, 2nd Bt., and had issue:

1e. Tichborne Aston, of Beaulieu, Co. Louth, Member of Parliament for Ardee 1741, Sheriff of Co. Louth 1742 (d. 4 Mar 1747/8), mar. 1746 Jane Rowan, only dau. of William Rowan KC, and had issue:

1f. William Aston, of Beaulieu, Co. Louth, probably de jure 6th Lord Aston of Forfar (b. 8 Apr 1747; d. unm. Feb 1769)

4c. John Aston (bapt. 11 Nov 1663; bur. 30 Jun 1664 in St Michael's Church, Dublin)

5c. Edward Aston (bur. 16 Aug 1666 in St Michael's Church, Dublin)

3c. Ursula Aston (d. bef. 1669)

2b. Richard Aston, of Furnival's Inn, London 1669

3b. Charles Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

4b. Alexander Aston, of Co. Louth, Ireland (d. bef. 26 Mar 1668), mar. Letitia Clinton

5b. Anthony Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

6b. Robert Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

1b. Elizabeth Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

2b. Jane Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

3b. Mary Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

4b. Joyce Aston (d. unm. bef. 1669)

5b. Anne Aston, mar. John Worswick, of Stafford

6b. Mabel Aston, mar. Richard Ogden, of London

7b. Margaret Aston, mar. George Long JP, of Clerkenwell, co. Middlesex

3. Rev Richard Aston, Rector of Leigh, co. Stafford (d. bef. 1601), mar. (1) Julian Clerke, and (2) Anne ....., and had issue by his first wife three sons and four daughters

4. William Aston, of Milwich, co. Stafford (b. c. 1555; bur. 6 May 1628 at Tixall, co. Stafford), mar. 21 Apr 1590 Elizabeth Willington, dau. of Waldive Willington, of Hurley, co. Warwick, and had issue:

1a. Edward Aston, of Milwich, co. Stafford (b. c. 1593; bur. 26 Nov 1673 at Milwich, co. Stafford), mar. 2 Jul 1622 Dorothy Eld, dau. of Richard Eld, of Seighford, co. Stafford, and had issue:

1b. Walter Aston, of Milwich, co. Stafford (b. c. 1628; d. 1691), mar. Ann Chetwynd (d. after 22 Jun 1703), dau. of John Chetwynd, of Rudge, co. Stafford, and had issue

2b. Richard Aston (bapt. 3 Jan 1631/2; bur. 9 Apr 1633 at Milwich, co. Stafford)

3b. William Aston (bapt. 13 Feb 1633/4; bur. 5 Feb 1660/1 at Milwich, co. Stafford), mar. Jane .....

4b. Edward Aston (bapt. 17 Aug 1636; bur. 24 Aug 1705 at Milwich, co. Stafford), mar. Prudence King, dau. of Matthew King, of Stafford, co. Stafford), and had issue:

1c. Walter Aston, of St Giles'-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex (bapt. 15 Oct 1680; d. 6 Jan 1721/2; bur. at St Giles', co. Middlesex), mar. Penelope Whitfield, dau. of John Whitfield, of Lincoln, co. Lincoln, and has issue:

1d. Philip Aston, self styled 6th Lord Aston of Forfar, said to have been a Roman Catholic priest (b. 3 Aug 1709; d. 29 Apr 1755; bur. at St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, co. Middlesex)

2d. Walter Aston, self styled 7th Lord Aston of Forfar, sometime employed as a cook by Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt. (b. 24 Feb 1712; dsp. 25 Mar 1763; bur. at George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, co. Middlesex), mar. Ann Wright (d. 11 Aug 1764)

2c. Edward Aston, of St Giles'-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex (b. 10 Nov 1696; d. 27 Mar 1738), mar. Anne Bayley, dau. of Thomas Bayley, of Stafford, co. Stafford, and had issue:

1d. Walter Aston, self styled 8th Lord Aston of Forfar, sometime a watchmaker in London, prevented from taking part in the general election of sixteen representatives of the Scottish Peerage 1768, granted an annual pension of £300 by King George III 1769, who styled him "Walter Lord Aston, Baron of Forfar" (b. 10 Oct 1732; d. 29 Jul 1805; bur. in the Grosvenor Chapel, St George's, Hanover Square, London), mar. 28 May 1766 Anne Hutchinson (bur. 2 Apr 1808 at Bath Abbey), dau. of Peter Hutchinson, of Gales, co. York, and had issue:

1e. Rev Walter Hutchinson Aston, self styled 9th Lord Aston of Forfar, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, 1789 as "the son of a Baron", presented a petition to the Crown claiming the Lordship of Aston of Forfar 1819, Vicar of Tardebigg, co. Worcester 1821 (b. 15 Sep 1769 ; d. 21 Jan 1845; bur. at Tardebigg, co. Worcester), mar. 14 Jun 1802 Elizabeth Haines (b. c. 1766; d. 24 Aug 1833; bur. at Tardebigg, co. Worcester), dau. of Rev Nathan Haines DD, by his wife Susan Chudleigh, sister of Sir John Chudleigh, 6th Bt., and dau. of George Chudleigh, of Chalmington, co. Dorset

2e. William Bayley Aston (dvp. at sea 1791 on The Foulis, an East Indiaman)

1e. Elizabeth Jane Aston (dvp. an infant 1768)

2d. Father William Aston, a Jesuit priest (b. 22 Apr 1735; d. 15 Mar 1800; bur. in Liége in Flanders)

5b. Richard Aston (bapt. 15 May 1638 ; d. after 1673)

1b. Elizabeth Aston (d. unm. betw, 16 Feb 1666/7 and 25 Mar 1667)

2b. Anne Aston, mar. Peter Yonge, of co. Montgomery

3b. Mary Aston, mar. William Chancey, of Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick

4b. Dorothy Aston (d. unm. after 1667)

2a. Thomas Aston (d. unm.)

1a. Anne Aston, mar. Ralph Bayley, of Normancote Grange, co. Stafford

5. Hastings Aston (dvp. unm. 1586)

6. Devereux Aston, of Wanlip, co. Leicester (b. c. 1571; dsp. 1635), mar. (1) Godith Skeffington (widow of Richard Skeffington, of London; d. betw. 1609 and c. 1624), and (2) c. Apr 1624 Margaret Botham (widow of Hugh Botham, of Leicester, co. Leicester; d. aft. Apr 1635), dau. of William Barratt, of Wymeswold, co. Leicester

1. Jane Aston, mar. William Crompton, of Stone, co. Stafford, Sheriff of Staffordshire (d. 1604)

2. Margery Aston, mar. Thomas Astley, of Patshull

3. Eleanor Aston (d. 1636 ; bur. at Chesterton, co. Warwick), mar. William Peyto, of Chesterton, co. Warwick (d. 1609; bur. at Chesterton, co. Warwick)

4. Mary Aston, mar. aft. 1583 Christopher Collier, of Yarlet, co. Stafford

5. Elizabeth Aston, mar. Basil Feilding, of Newnham Paddock in Monk's Kirby, co. Warwick, and had issue

6. Catherine Aston (b. c. 1566; d. 1646), mar. (1) after 1583 Stephen Slaney, son and hr. of Sir Stephen Slaney, Lord Mayor of London 1595, (2) after 18 Jan 1604/5 as his second wife Sir William Chetwynd, of Ingestre, co. Stafford (dsp. 14 Jan 1613/4), and (3) Sir Edward Cope, of Canon's Ashby, co. Northampton

died

2 Apr 1589

note

Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1553; fought at the Siege of Leith 1560, and afterwards knighted by the Duke of Norfolk; Sheriff of Staffordshire 1570-71 and 1580-81

 First written 15 Jul 2009

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