ASTLEY, Sir Jacob (1797-1859), of Melton Constable, Norf. and 7 Cavendish Square, London
JP Norf. 1820; Sheriff Norf. 1821 – 22.
First capt. and commdt. Norf. militia artillery 1853.
FSA 1848.
JP Norf. 1820; Sheriff Norf. 1821 – 22.
First capt. and commdt. Norf. militia artillery 1853.
FSA 1848.
JP; high sheriff co. Cork 1875, dp. lt. co. Cork; ald. 1858, mayor 1859–61 Cork city.
Commodore Royal Irish Yacht Club.
PC [I] 4 Apr. 1837.
Sol.-gen. [I] 10 Nov. 1836 – 3 Feb. 1837; att.-gen. [I] 3 Feb. 1837 – 11 July 1838.
KC 1832; assist.-barrister co. Galway 1828 – 30; 3rd sjt. 23 May 1835; l.c.b. [I] 20 July 1838.
Member Royal Dublin Society.
Cornet 1st Royal Drgs 1811; lt. 1812; half-pay 1816.
QC 1843; bencher L. Inn 1843; bar. of exch. 1856.
Mag. Liverpool 1840; J.P. Lancs. 1839.
Cllr. Liverpool 1835; mayor 1840.
Commr. national board of education [I] 1861 – d.
JP co. Tipperary, Dublin city; grand juror cos. Dublin, Louth, Tipperary; high sheriff cos. Louth 1860, Kilkenny 1867, Tipperary 1868; dep. lt. Tipperary 1858.
Member Royal Dublin Society; Royal Irish Academy 1861; Geological Society of Dublin 1859; Historical and Archaeological Society; council member Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland.
Steward of Cashel races.
Attaché to the Paris embassy 1829; secretary of legation, Court of Sweden 1839.
Dep. Lt. Durham 1852.
Honorary D.C.L. Oxf. 1876; Durham Univ. 1882.
J.P. Nottingham 1836; J.P. Notts. 1839; Sheriff Notts. 1841; High Sheriff Notts. 1844.
Sch. Bd. Nottingham 1870 – 73.
J.P. dep. lt. city of Dublin 1855.
Ald, ld. mayor Dublin 1844, 1849.
Governor of Westmoreland Lock Hospital 1861.
Dep. lt. Tower Hamlets.
London Irish Rifle Volunteer Corps. 1860.
Hon. sec. Mercantile Marine Service Association.
Member Society of Arts 1855; Royal Horticultural Society.
Steward Cashel races.