ASTON COMPLETE PEERAGE 287 of Sir Thomas Gage, of Firle, 2nd Bart., by Mary, da. of John Chamber- lain, of Shirburn, Oxon. He d. 24 Nov. 17 14, in his 82nd year, and was bur. at Standon. M.l. Will dat. 2 Nov., pr. 10 Dec. 1714. His widow d. 2 Apr. 1720, and was also bur. at Standon. IV. 1 7 14. 4. Walter (Aston), Lord Aston of Forfar [S.], 3rd C) but ist surv., s. and h. by ist wife, b. 1660. He w., about I Oct. 1698, Mary, sister of Thomas and Edward, 8th and 9th Dukes of Norfolk, only da. of Lord Thomas Howard, of Worksop, Notts., by Mary Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Savile, of Copley, Bart. She d. 23 May 1723, in childbed of her nth child, and was bur. at Standon. M.L He d. at Tixall, 4, and was bur. 8 Apr. 1748, at Standon, aged 88. M.L Will dat. 4 July 1746, pr. 15 Aug. 1748. V. 1748. 5. James (Aston), Lord Aston of Forfar [S.], fthC) but ist surv., s. and h., b. 23 May 1723. He lived in retirement at Standon Lordship, owing to the severity of the penal laws. He m.^ 30 June 1 742, at Twickenham, Midx., Barbara, sister of George, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, ist da. of George Talbot, by Mary, da. of Thomas (Fitz W^illiam), 4th Viscount Fitz William [I.]. He d. s.p.m., 24 Aug. 1 75 1, of the small pox, at Tixall, aged 28, and with him expired the issue male of the first Peer, when the Baronetcy became extinct. Will dat. II Aug., pr. 5 Dec. 1751. His widow d. 9 Nov. 1759,31 Paris. (") Admon. 26 July 1760, and again 3 July 1766. Note. — On the death of the 5th lord, the peerage, in accordance with the terms of the patent, devolved upon the h. male general of the grantee ; this appears to have been William Aston of Beaulieu, whose descent is given below. It should be noted, however, that H.W.F.Harwood, in his excellent article on ' Aston ' in The Scots Peerage, is unable to prove the extinction of the lines of Herbert A. or of John A., brothers of the 2nd Lord, or of Thomas A., his uncle, and that the heir of anyone of these three, if such existed, would have taken precedence of the afsd. William A. C) Of his elder brothers, (i) Edward Walter, b. 1658, d. at Clermont Coll., Paris, unm. and v.p., 1678. (2) Francis J. s.p. and v.p., 1694, and was bur. at Standon. V.G. C") Of his 4 elder brothers, (i) Walter, b. 16 Feb. 171 1, d. v.p., 19 June 17 17, and was bur. at Standon. (2) Edward Richard, b. 17 Jan. 17 13, d. young. (3) Thomas William Anthony, d. between 16 June and 25 Oct. 1739. (4) Charles Joseph, b. 19 Mar. 1719, d. 12 and was bur. 15 Apr. 1730, at Standon. V.G. f^) Of their two daughters and coheirs (i) Mary, b. and bap. at Standon 14 Aug. 1743, m., 21 Sep. 1766, at Worksop Manor, Notts, her cousin, Sir Walter Blount, of Sodington, 6th Bart., and had issue. She d. 30 Jan. 1805, aged 62, being burnt to death at Basford, Staffs., the house of her s. George. (2) Barbara, who inherited the estate of Tixall, />. 4 and ^i?/>. 8 Sep. 1744, at Standon, m., 2 Feb. 1762, at St. James's, Westm., the Hon. Henry Thomas Clifford, and was mother of Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford (afterwards Clifford-Constable), of Tixall, cr. a Baronet in 1815. Standon House was sold in 1767.
