Peerage Record – 40496

     Thomas Pidgeon held the office of Alderman of Coventry.¹

     Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, 2nd Bt. was born on 5 November 1805.² He was the son of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Bt. and Sarah Page.³ He married Emma Dorothea Lethbridge, daughter of Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, 2nd Bt. and Anne Goddard, on 18 November 1826.⁴ He died on 23 July 1873 at age 67.²
     He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Astley, of Everley, co. Wilts [U.K., 1821] on 19 January 1842.²

     Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Bt. was born on 27 June 1778.¹ He was the son of Francis Dugdale Astley and Mary Buckler.^1,2 He married Sarah Page, daughter of William Page, on 27 July 1803.¹ He died on 19 January 1842 at age 63.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) between 1820 and 1834.³ He was created 1st Baronet Astley, of Everley, co. Wilts [U.K.] on 15 August 1821.³

     Sarah Page is the daughter of William Page.¹ She married Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Bt., son of Francis Dugdale Astley and Mary Buckler, on 27 July 1803.¹
     From 27 July 1803, her married name became Astley.¹

     Francis Dugdale Astley is the son of William Francis Corbet Astley and Mary Bickley.¹ He married Mary Buckler, daughter of William Buckler, in 1755.²
     He lived at Everley, England^G.³

     Francis Stratford lived at Merevale Hall, Warwickshire, England^G.¹

     Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Bt. was born on 20 August 1771.² He was the son of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Tatton.² He married, firstly, Henrietta Masterman, daughter of Henry Masterman, on 11 November 1795.² He married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Egerton, daughter of William Tatton Egerton and Mary Wilbraham-Bootle, on 2 August 1814.¹ He died on 16 February 1823 at age 51, without issue.¹
     He was also known as Mark Sykes.² In 1795 his name was legally changed to Mark Masterman-Sykes.² He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Sykes, of Sledmere, co. Yorks [G.B., 1783] on 17 September 1801.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) between 1807 and 1820.¹ He added to the Sledmere library, including a Gutenberg bible.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Yorkshire.²

     Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Bt. was born on 23 May 1749.² He was the son of Reverend Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Bt. and Decima Woodham.² He married Elizabeth Tatton, daughter of William Tatton and Hester Egerton, on 23 October 1770.² He died on 17 September 1801 at age 52.¹
     He added two wings and 120–ft library to Sledmere.² He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He graduated with a Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)² He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Sykes, of Sledmere, co. Yorks [G.B., 1783] on 14 September 1783.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for BEverley between 1784 and 1790.² He was founder of agricultural development at Yorkshire Wolds which on his death was an estate of 30,000 acres.²

     Captain Thomas Humphrey Sneyd was the son of Maj.-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd and Charlotte Marion Repton.² He married Phoebe Marianne Brodie, daughter of John Sharp Callender Brodie, before 1914.¹ He died on 2 November 1914, killed in action.^1,2
     He lived at Basford Hall, Leek, Staffordshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.² He fought in the First World War.²