Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet (27 June 1778 – 19 January 1842) was an English landowner and MP. He was a member of the Astley family who had owned the manor of

Everleigh, Wiltshire Everleigh, pronounced and also sometimes spelled Everley, is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England, about southeast of the town of Pewsey, towards the northeast of Salisbury Plain. The village is also known as East Everleigh, ...

, since 1765. His parents were Francis Dugdale Astley and Mary Buckler (died 1804) of Boreham, Wiltshire. He was Member of Parliament for

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from 1820 to 1832, and for

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from 1832 to 1835. He was created a

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, of Everleigh, in the county of Wiltshire on 15 August 1821. He was appointed

High Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) high sheriffs of Wiltshire. Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Go ...

for 1836. Astley was married on 27 July 1803 to Sarah Page of

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, Hampshire; they had a son and a daughter: * Francis Dugdale Astley (1805–1873), succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet * Mary Anne Astley, married on 19 March 1833 to

George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington (9 September 1812 – 27 April 1884), was a British colonial administrator and courtier. Family Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831).''Burke's Peerage, Bar ...

(1812–1884), later

Governor of Ceylon {{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The governor of Ceylon can refer to historical vice-regal representatives of three colonial powers: Portuguese Ceylon * List of captains of Portuguese Ceylon (1518–1551) * List of captain-majors of Portugue ...

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* * 1778 births 1842 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High sheriffs of Wiltshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wiltshire UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 {{England-UK-MP-stub

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