Baron Astley of Reading

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Baron Astley of Reading, in Berkshire, was a title in the English peerage. It was created in 1644 for Sir Jacob Astley, a Royalist soldier. He descended from Ralph Astley (13th century), who was the brother of Andrew de Astley, an ancestor of the Barons Astley. The title became extinct when the third Baron died in 1688. The first Baron was the uncle of Sir Isaac Astley, 1st Baronet, and the great-uncle of Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet.