Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar, succeeded his brother Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar, as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland in 1755.
He died without a direct heir in 1763, and thus his title passed to his cousin, Walter Aston, 8th Lord Aston of Forfar.
Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar (1633 – 20 November 1714) was the eldest son of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar, and his wife Lady Mary Weston, daughter of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland.
He is best remembered today as a fortunate survivor of the Popish Plot.
He succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland in 1678; he resided mainly at Tixall in Staffordshire.
Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar (1660 or 1661 – 4 April 1748) was the eldest surviving son of Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar, and his first wife Eleanor Blount of Soddington, daughter of Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet.
In 1714, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland.
Despite the title they were a Staffordshire family whose seat was at Tixall.
He married Lady Mary Howard, daughter of Lord Thomas Howard and Mary Savile, and sister of Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk and Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, by whom he had five sons and six daughters, most of whom died in infancy.
She died in 1723 during the birth of their 11th child, James, who would succeed him as Lord Aston of Forfar.
Two daughters also reached adult life: Margaret, who became a nun, and Catherine, who married Edward Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorset.
The Astons, like the Howards, were nearly all staunch Roman Catholics: during the outbreak of anti-Catholic hysteria called the Popish Plot, Walter's father was charged with treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
He commissioned a painting of himself, his wife, and seven of their children by Richard van Bleeck.
The painting, which survives, was not completed until two years after Lady Aston's death.
He died 4 April 1748, and was succeeded by his fifth but only surviving son James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar.
Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet( c. 1617 – January 1707) was an English baronet.
Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the third son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy.
He was the grandson of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers.
From his mother, he inherited Hengrave Hall in Suffolk.
He was a supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.
Following the Restoration he was created a baronet, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk in the Baronetage of England, on 15 July 1662.
Gage was married five times.
His first marriage was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters.
He married secondly Frances, a daughter of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar.
Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond.
His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding.
Walter Aston, 9th Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 9th Lord Aston of Forfar( 15 September 1769 – 21 January 1845) was a son of Walter Aston, 8th Lord Aston of Forfar, and Anne Hutchinson.
He was an ordained clergyman of the Church of England, and became the Vicar of Tardebigge, Worcestershire and Tamworth, Warwickshire.
He married 15 June 1802, to Elizabeth Haines, daughter of Rev. Nathan Haines.
In 1805, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland.
While he assumed and bore the title of Lord Aston of Forfar, and it was recorded by the County of Worcester, he presented a petition in 1819 to be officially declared Baron Aston of Forfar, for which no decision was made.
He and his wife had no children.
She died in 1833, and he died 21 January 1845, when his title fell into abeyance and became extinct.
Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar
Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar, was probably born at his ancestral seat of Millwich in Staffordshire, England.
In 1751, he succeeded his distant cousin James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar, as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland.
He died unmarried just four years later, in 1755, when he was succeeded by his younger brother Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar.
Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar( 6 April 1609 – 23 April 1678) was the second and eldest surviving son of Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar, and Gertrude Sadleir, daughter of Sir Thomas Sadleir of Standon, Hertfordshire.
In 1639, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland, and, in 1660, at the death of his maternal uncle Ralph Sadleir, he inherited the lordship of Standon and other estates in Hertfordshire, England.
His principal seat was Tixall in Staffordshire.
Lord Aston was a staunch Royalist during the English Civil War.
He was present at the Siege of Lichfield in 1643 and the surrender of Oxford; King Charles I expressed his regret at not being able to reward him as he deserved.
After the failure of the Royalist cause he was required to compound for his estates and live in private.
He married in 1629 Lady Mary Weston, daughter of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, Lord High Treasurer of England, and his first wife Elizabeth Pyncheon.
He was an ardent Roman Catholic( his father was a convert to Catholicism who raised all his children in that faith, and his father- in- law was also a Catholic convert) and was the effective leader of the large Catholic community in Staffordshire, although he was unwilling to profess his faith publicly.
When he was charged with recusancy in 1675 he wrote indignantly( and quite untruthfully) to the Secretary of State that" he never went to Mass or joined in any worship particular to the Church of Rome".
No further action was taken against him.
" The munificent Lord Aston" was extremely popular locally, and a thousand mourners are said to have attended his funeral: it is notable that no attempt was made to conceal the celebration of Catholic rites at the funeral, even though many of the mourners must have been Protestants.
He died on 23 April 1678, and was succeeded by his eldest son Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar, who inherited his father's role as protector of the Staffordshire Catholic community, and narrowly avoided becoming one of the martyrs of the Popish Plot.
He was buried at St. Mary's Church, Stafford.
His widow did not long survive him: according to her son-in- law Sir John Southcote( who married her daughter Elizabeth)," she grew melancholy and lost her wits, keeping almost perpetual silence and refusing nourishment."
There were at least two other daughters, Frances, who married Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet, and Anne, who married Henry Somerset.
Walter Aston, 8th Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 8th Lord Aston of Forfar( 10 October 1732 – 29 July 1805) was the son of Edward Aston and Anne Bayley.
In 1763, Walter succeeded his childless cousin Walter Aston, 7th Lord Aston of Forfar, as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland.
Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar
Walter Aston, 1st Lord Aston of Forfar( baptised 9 July
1584 – 13 August 1639) was an English courtier and diplomat.
James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar
James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar( 23 May 1723 – 24 August 1751) was a son of Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar, and Lady Mary Howard.
On 30 June 1742 James married Lady Barbara Talbot, sister of the 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had two daughters.
In 1748, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the Peerage of Scotland.
Lord Aston produced no direct male heir by the time of his death in 1751, when his title passed to his distant cousin Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of Walter Aston, 4Th Lord Aston Of Forfar?
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