Sir John Astley, 1st Baronet

Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet (27 June 1778 – 19 January 1842) was an English landowner and MP.

He was a member of the Astley family who had owned the manor of Everleigh, Wiltshire, since 1765. His parents were Francis Dugdale Astley and Mary Buckler (died 1804) of Boreham, Wiltshire.

He was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1820 to 1832, and for North Wiltshire from 1832 to 1835.

He was created a baronet, of Everleigh, in the county of Wiltshire on 15 August 1821. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1836.

Astley was married on 27 July 1803 to Sarah Page of Gosport, Hampshire; they had a son and a daughter:

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