Baron Astley of Reading, in the County of Berkshire, was a title in the Peerage of England

Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

. It was created in 1644 for the Royalist soldier Sir Jacob Astley

Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading

Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.-Life:He came from an established Norfolk family, and was born at Melton Constable. His first experiences of war were at the age of 18 when he joined the Islands Voyage expedition in 1597 under the Earl of...

. He was a descendant of Ralph Astley (13th century), brother of Andrew de Astley, ancestor of the Barons Astley. The title became extinct on the death of Lord Astley of Reading's grandson, the third Baron, in 1688.

The first Baron was the uncle of Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet

Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet

Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet was an English baronet.He was the second son of Thomas Astley and Frances Drane, daughter of George Deane. Astley was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1641 and High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1645...

, and the great-uncle of Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet

Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet

Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet was an English Tory politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Edward Astley and his wife Elizabeth Astley, daughter of his uncle Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading. Astley was educated first at King's College, Cambridge, later at Christ...

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Barons Astley of Readings (1644)

• Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading
  Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading
  Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.-Life:He came from an established Norfolk family, and was born at Melton Constable. His first experiences of war were at the age of 18 when he joined the Islands Voyage expedition in 1597 under the Earl of...
  
   (d. 1651)
• Isaac Astley, 2nd Baron Astley of Reading (d. 1662)
• Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading
  Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading
  Jacob Astley, 3rd Baron Astley of Reading was an English peer.He was a 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...
  
  (d. 1688)