Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading (c. 1654 – 1688)
was an
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peer.
He was the elder son of
Isaac Astley, 2nd Baron Astley of Reading and his wife Anne Stydolfe, fourth daughter of Sir Francis Stydolfe.
In 1662, he succeeded his father as baron.
[ Astley was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.][ Their marriage was childless. Astley died at St Margaret's Church in ]Westminster
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and was buried in Maidstone
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in Kent
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.[ With his death the barony became extinct.]
References
1650s births
1688 deaths
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
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