Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet (baptised 26 December 1729 – 27 March 1802)
was a
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1768 to 1790.
Early life and career
He was the oldest son of
Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet and his second wife Lucy le Strange, youngest daughter of Sir Nicholas le Strange, 4th Baronet.
[ He was admitted to ]Pembroke College, Cambridge
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in 1747. In 1760, Astley succeeded his father as baronet
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.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk
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for 1763–64 and in 1768 stood successfully as Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Norfolk
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, the same constituency his great-grandfather Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet
Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet (ca. 163917 August 1729) of Melton Constable Hall, Norfolk was an England, English Tory politician and baronet.
Background
He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle ...
had represented, too.[ Astley held this seat unopposed][ until the 1790 general election when he retired.] He was a supporter of parliamentary reform.[
Astley had a younger brother, John Astley (born 1735), who was Rector of several Norfolk parishes.]John Archibald Venn
John Archibald Venn (10 November 1883 – 15 March 1958) was a British economist. He was President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1932 until his death, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1941–1943, university archivist, and a ...
, ''Alumni Cantabrigienses
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: Part II. 1752–1900'', Vol. I (1940)
p. 88
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Marriage and children
Astley married firstly Rhoda Delaval
Rhoda Delaval Astley (1 July 1725 – 1757) was an English aristocrat and artist. She was married to Edward Astley, with whom she had a daughter and three sons. Lady Astley studied painting with Arthur Pond, who painted her portrait. Seaton De ...
, oldest daughter of Francis Blake Delaval in 1751. Rhoda died in childbirth in 1757 and Astley married secondly Anne Milles, youngest daughter of Christopher Milles, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster
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two years later.[ She died in 1792, and he married lastly Elizabeth Bullen in the following year.][ Astley had three sons and a daughter by his first wife and five sons and two daughters by his second wife.] On his death in 1802 Astley was succeeded in the baronetcy
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by his third but oldest surviving son Sir Jacob Astley, 5th Baronet
Lieutenant-colonel Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 5th Baronet (12 September 1756 – 28 April 1817) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.
Life
He was the third son of Sir Edward Astley, 4th Baronet of Melton Constable and Rhoda Delaval, ...
, who at this time sat also for Norfolk in the House of Commons
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References
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1729 births
1802 deaths
People from North Norfolk (district)
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British MPs 1768–1774
British MPs 1774–1780
British MPs 1780–1784
British MPs 1784–1790
High Sheriffs of Norfolk