Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet (29 September 1600 – 24 March 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. The portrait he commissioned from John Souch of his first wife Magdalene Aston on her deathbed is in Manchester Art Gallery. He is known as an apologist for the Church of England.[1]
Background
Aston was born in
Aston was created a
Civil War
When the
Aston apparently freed himself from censure and rejoined the king's army and indeed is said to have suffered a second defeat from Brereton at Macclesfield in 1643.[7][8] He was afterwards captured in a skirmish in Staffordshire. When in prison at Stafford he tried to escape, but the attempt was discovered by a soldier who struck him on the head. This and other wounds received in the war brought on a fever, of which he died at Stafford on 24 March 1645,[7] aged 44.
Marriage and children
Aston married firstly in 1627 Magdalene Pulteney, daughter of Sir John Pulteney and they had two sons and two daughters, who all died young.[3] Magdalene died in 1635, and she is remembered because of the painting that he commissioned from John Souch showing him by her deathbed.[1]
He remarried in 1639 to Anne Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st Baronet.[3] By his second wife he had two daughters and another son Willoughby, who succeeded his father as baronet.[5] Aston was survived by his wife until 1688.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Burke (1841) pp. 25,26
- ^ a b c d Kimber (1771) pp. 320,321
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Appleyard-Azard', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 29–50. Date accessed: 9 June 2011
- ^ a b Courthope (1835) p. 9
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ a b c William Axon (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 213.
- ^ Davies, p. 76
References
- Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary.
- Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall.
- Davies, Clarice Stella (1976), A history of Macclesfield, Manchester University Press ND, ISBN 978-0-85972-034-2
- Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1902). The Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Aston, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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