Jacob Astley MP (1797 - 1859)

Born 13 Nov 1797 in Burgh Hall, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Georgiana Caroline (Dashwood) Astley — married 22 Mar 1819 in St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1859 at age 62 in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Biography

Jacob Astley was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Sir Jacob Astley, 16th Lord Hastings (1797-1859) was the son of Sir Jacob Astley, 5th Bt. and Hester Browne.

Baptised: 13 November 1797

Event Place: Melton Constable, Norfolk, England

He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 18 February 1817.

Jacob succeeded his father as 6th Baronet Astley, of Hill Morton, co. Warwick [E., 1660] on 28 April 1817.

He married Georgiana Caroline Dashwood (daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd Bt. and Mary Helen Graham) on 22 March 1819 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.

Children of Sir Jacob Astley, 16th Lord Hastings and Georgiana Caroline Dashwood;

1. Sir Jacob Henry Delaval Astley, 17th Lord Hastings b. 21 May 1822, d. 8 Mar 1871
2. Sir Delaval Loftus Astley, 18th Lord Hastings b. 24 Mar 1825, d. 28 Sep 1872

Jacob held the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk from 1821 to 1822.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Norfolk between 1832 and 1837.

In 1841 the House of Lords announced that he was one of the co-heirs to the Barony of Hastings, which had been dormant since 1389 and abeyant since 1542. Astley was a descendant of Elizabeth, the daughter of Hugh Hastings, de jure 14th Baron Hastings, and he succeeded as 16th Lord Hastings [E., 1295] on 18 May 1841, after the termination of its abeyance by writ.

He passed away in 1859 at the age of 62.

Burial

St Peter's Churchyard, Melton Constable, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183327257/jacob-astley

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p2868.htm#i28675
• (219) Astley of Melton Constable and Seaton Delaval, baronets and Barons Hastings Landed families of Britain and Ireland
• Wikipedia contributors, "Astley baronets of Hill Morton (1660)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astley_baronets_of_Hill_Morton_(1660)&oldid=1170541243 (accessed August 28, 2023).