Walter Aston, 8th Lord Aston of Forfar (10 October 1732 – 29 July 1805Albuquerque, Martim de. (1865.
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published in London, page 79. Retrieved 11 October 2007.) was the son of Edward Aston and Anne Bayley. In 1763, Walter succeeded his childless cousin

Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar, succeeded his brother Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar, as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland in 1755. He died without a direct heir in 1763, and thus his title passed to his cousin, Walt ...

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Lord Aston of Forfar Lord Aston of Forfar was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The barony was created on 28 November 1627 for Sir Walter Aston, Bt, who had been previously created Baronet of Tixall Hall, Staffordshire (in the Baronetage of England) on 22 May 1 ...

in the peerage of Scotland.

Life

Before inheriting the barony, Aston worked as a watchmaker. Scottish Peers were entitled to vote to elect 16

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to the House of Lords. In 1768 Lord Aston's right to vote in these elections raised objections as he was not listed on the Union Roll as his right to the title Lord Aston of Forfar was not confirmed.
I n 1769

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awarded Lord Aston an annual pension of £300. In this award, King George refers to Walter as "Walter, Lord Aston, Baron of Forfar".

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referred to him as "an inoffensive man of rather a convivial turn". Lord Aston of Forfar died in London on 29 July 1805 at the age of 72. He was buried at the

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in London.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 289.
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Family

Walter married Anne Hutchinson on 28 May 1766. Anne was the daughter of Peter Hutchinson. She died in 1808 and was buried at Bath Abbey. They had three children: *Elizabeth Jane, who died young *Walter, a Church of England Clergyman who succeeded his father as 9th Lord Aston of Forfar. *William Bailey, who was lost at sea, and elder son Walter Aston,

References

Courthope, William (editor). (1836.
"Debrett's Complete Peerage of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 21st edition".
Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington and others by G. Woodfall: London, page 400. Retrieved 2007-10-11.

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