Willoughby Aston 5th Bt. (1715 - 1772)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Pye) Aston — married 14 May 1744 in Faringdon, Berkshire, England

Descendants

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Biography

Willoughby was born about 18 Feb 1714, Julian Calendar. He is the son of Richard Aston and Elizabeth Warren.

Slave Ownership Compensation Claim

In 1833 Parliament finally abolished slavery in the British Caribbean, Mauritius and the Cape. The slave trade had been abolished in 1807 but it took another 26 years to effect the emancipation of the enslaved. Slave owners were able to claim compensation from the government.

Sir Willoughby Aston, 5th Bart., son of Richard Aston of Wadley, Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth Warren. In 1770, Aston's son-in-law Francis Grant-Gordon had granted a bond of £6000 to Sir Willoughby Aston and Thomas Pye, Vice Admiral, to secure an annuity of £200 p.a. to Francis's wife Mary Grant-Gordon. On Francis Grant-Gordon's death in 1803, Sir Willoughby's son (also called Sir Willoughby Aston but in this case, the 6th Bart.) went to court in Antigua to gain a judgement on the bond (presumably to secure it against the plantation). The enslaved persons went to Mary Grant Gordon in lieu of the annuity.

His claim was for £412 7s 6d for a plantation in Antigua ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Centre for the study of the Legacies of British Slavery https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631508 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 27th September 2023

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p2903.htm#i29027
• Wikidata: Item Q26622701
• https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/aston-sir-willoughby-1714-72
• Find A Grave: Memorial #177227255