James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar (23 May 1723 – 24 August 1751) was a son of Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar

Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar

Walter Aston, 4th Lord Aston of Forfar was a son of Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar, and Eleanor Blount of Soddington.In 1714, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland....

, and Lady Mary Howard.

On June 30, 1742, James married Lady Barbara Talbot, sister of the 14th Earl of Shrewsbury

Earl of Shrewsbury

Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the peerage of England.-First creation, 1074:The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors...

, by whom he had two daughters.

In 1748, he succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar

Lord Aston of Forfar

Lord Aston of Forfar was a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 28 November 1627 for Sir Walter Aston, Bt, who had been a baronet of Tixall Hall, Staffordshire on 22 May 1611...

 in the Peerage of Scotland

Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...

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Lord Aston produced no direct male heir by the time of his death in 1751, when his title passed to his distant cousin Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar

Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar

Philip Aston, 6th Lord Aston of Forfar, was probably born at his ancestral seat of Millwich in Staffordshire, England.In 1751, he succeeded his distant cousin James Aston, 5th Lord Aston of Forfar, as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland....

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