Sir Arthur Ingram Aston GCB (23 December 1798[1] – 5 May 1859) was an English diplomat.

Biography

Aston was born in London into a prominent landed family, the Astons of Aston Hall, Aston-by-Sutton, Cheshire.[2] He was the second son of Capt. Henry Charles Hervey-Aston and Hon. Harriet Ingram-Shepherd, fourth daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine.[3] He was a great grandson of Hon. Rev. Dr. Henry Hervey, fifth son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, who assumed the Aston surname.[4][5]

He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[6]

Aston served at the British embassies in Vienna in 1819 and in Rio de Janeiro in 1826. He was appointed secretary of the British embassy in Paris in 1833 and became envoy-extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Madrid from 1839 to 1843.[5] He was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) upon returning to England in 1843.[7]

He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1850–51.[2]

He died unmarried, at which point Aston Hall passed to a nephew.

References

  1. ^ Ormerod, George (1882). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. G. Routledge. p. 726. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Burke, Sir John Bernard (1850). "High Sheriffs of England. 1850". The St. James's Magazine: And Heraldic and Historical Register. E. Churton.: 74. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ Lodge, Edmund; Innes, Anne; Innes, Eliza; Innes, Maria (1860). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst and Blackett. p. 79. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ Dod, Charles R. (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 75. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 297. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ Madan, Falconer (1888). A Century of the Phoenix Common Room (Brasenose College, Oxford) 1786-1886 ... Priv. print. p. 77. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. R. Newton: 656. June 1859. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
Diplomatic posts Preceded byGeorge Jerningham British Ambassador to Spain 1840 – 1843 Succeeded byGeorge Jerningham


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