288 COMPLETE PEERAGE aston VI.? 1751. 6? William Aston, of Beaulieu, co. Louth, and Rathbone Place, London, distant cousin, and in all probability h. male, was only s. and h. of Tichborne A., of Beaulieu afsd. (M.P. for Ardee 1741, Sheriff of co. Louth 1742, d'. 4 Mar. 1747/8), by Jane (m. 1746) only da. of William Rowan, K. C, which Tichborne was 2nd, but 1st surv., s. of William Aston, of Beaulieu (Sheriff co. Louth 1715, M.P. for Dunleer 1721-27, and for co. Louth 1727-44, ^. 23 Aug. 1744), by Salisbury, da. and h. of Henry (Tichborne), Lord Ferrard of Beaulieu [L], which last named William A. was ist s. and h. of Thomas Aston (k 1662), by Margaret, da. of Col. Robert Sandys, of Roscommon, which Thomas was 3rd s. of Sir William A., (^. 161 5, d. 167 1/2) 2nd Justice of the King's Bench [L], being ist s. by his 3rd wife, Ursula, da. of Thomas Stockton, Justice of the King's Bench [I.], which Sir William was 1st s. and h. of John A. (d'. 1640), of Tean, co. Stafford, by Margery, da. of James Walton, of Fole, in that co., which John was 4th and yst. s. of Robert A. {d. 1623), of Park Hall, co. Stafford, by Joyce, 2nd da. of William Dalison, a Judge of the King's Bench, which Robert (d'. 1623) was next br. of Sir Edward A., father of Walter, the ist Lord. He was ^. 8 Apr. 1747, and l>ap. the same day in St. Anne's, Dublin. He never claimed the title, and d. unm., Feb. 1769 Will dat. 5, pr. 10 Feb. 1769. C) Nole. — On or shortly after the death of the 5th Lord, the peerage was assumed as below. Of these claimants it is obvious that the first two were not entitled to it, as their descent was from the 4th s. of Sir Walter A. (grandfather of the ist Lord), while the above named William A. (their distant relative in Ireland, of whose existence they were probably unaware), descended from the 2nd s. As regards the 3rd claimant to this title, however, viz. Walter A., the watchmaker, the succession must have opened to him on the death of William A. in 1769, (assuming that the issue male of Robert A. of Park Hall then became extinct) subject only to the remote possibility of the uncle or one of the 2 brothers of the 2nd lord having then a surviving h. male. Philip Aston, styling himself Lord Aston of Forfar [S.], cousin, and wrongly supposiiig himself to be h. male, being s. and h. of Walter A. (by Penelope, da. of John Whitfield, of Lincoln), who was s. and h. of Edward A., 4th s. (and, in his issue, h. male) of Edward A., of Milwich, CO. Stafford, who was s. and h. of William A., of the same, the 4th s. of Sir Walter Aston, of Tixall, co. Stafford, which Sir Walter Aston (who d. 1589) was ancestor of the first Lord, being father of Sir Edward A., of Tixall (who d. 1 597), leaving Walter his s. and h., who was cr. Lord (') Valuable assistance in rewriting the account of this peerage, has been received from H.W.F.Harwood, from G.D.Burtchaell, and from Major Francis Skeet. V.G.
