Henry Hervey Aston

Colonel Henry Hervey Aston 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]. A useful batsman, Aston made 13 known important match appearances from 1786 to 1793 when his military duties took precedence.
In December 1793, Aston obtained a Lieutenant-colonelcy in the 12th Foot. Afterward, 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.