Henry Hervey Aston

Colonel Henry Hervey Aston (1759 – 23 December 1798) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. He was at different times a member of both the Hambledon Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). A useful batsman, Aston made 13 known first-class appearances from 1786 to 1793 when his military duties took precedence.

"Henry Aston" redirects here. For the footballer, see Harry Aston (footballer born 1881).

Henry Hervey Aston
Personal information
Full name
Henry Hervey Aston
Born1759
Aston-by-Sutton, Cheshire, England
Died23 December 1798 (aged 38/39)
Madras, Madras Presidency,
British India
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1791–1792Middlesex
1792–1793Marylebone Cricket Club
1792Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 76
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15*
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 June 2022

In December 1793, Aston obtained a Lieutenant-colonelcy in the 12th Foot. Afterwards, he went to Madras, where, in 1798,he fought a duel with Major Picton. Both fired into the air. The next day, in another duel, he was wounded by a new adversary, Major Allen. After languishing for about a week, Aston died on 23 December 1798.

Family

Aston married Hon. Harriet Ingram-Shepherd, fourth daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine and his wife Frances Shepherd, of Temple Newsam near Leeds, on 16 September 1789. They had two sons, Henry Charles Hervey-Aston and Sir Arthur Ingram Aston, and a daughter, Harriet, who married Lieut.-Col. Edmund Henry Bridgeman.[1]

References
  1. Lodge, Edmund; Innes, Anne; Innes, Eliza; Innes, Maria (1860). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst and Blackett. p. 79.
  • G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
  • H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906


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