SIR

See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

JOHN DIIGDALB

See also:

• ASTLEY, JACOB ASTLEY, BARON (1579-1652)
• SIR JOHN DIIGDALB ASTLEY

ASTLEY  , Bart . (1828-1894), English soldier and sportsman, was a descendant of Lord Astley, and son of the 2nd baronet (cr . 1821) . From 1848 to 1859 he was in the army, serving in the Crimean War and retiring as lieutenant-colonel . He married an heiress in 1858, and thenceforth devoted himself to horse-racing, pugilism and sport in general . He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1873, and from 1874 to 188o was Conservative M.P. for North Lincolnshire . He was a popular figure on the turf, being familiarly known as " the Mate," and won and lost large sums of money . Just before his death, on the loth of October x894, he published some entertaining reminiscences, under the title of Fifty Years of my Life .