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ASTLEY, Hubert Delaval was born on July 14, 1860 in 14 July. 2nd son of late Francis Le Strange Astley, Lieutenant-Colonel Norfolk Artillery, and late Mistress Frankland Russell Astley of Chequers Court, Buckinghamshire.
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ASTLEY, Hubert Delaval was born on July 14, 1860 in 14 July. 2nd son of late Francis Le Strange Astley, Lieutenant-Colonel Norfolk Artillery, and late Mistress Frankland Russell Astley of Chequers Court, Buckinghamshire.
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford (Master of Arts). Cuddesdon Theological College.
Assistant Curate, Henley-on-Thames. Christ Church (Oxford) Mission, Poplar. Rector of Ufford, Suffolk, 1891-1895.
Rector of Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, 1896-1899.
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Member of British Ornithologists’ Union.
Spouse 1895, Edith Constance,daughter of late Sir Vincent Rowland Corbet, 3rd Baronet., and widow of Sir Richard F. Sutton, 5th Baronet.