Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading

The Lord Astley of Reading
Born	1579 (1579) Melton Constable Hall
Died	February 1652(1652-02-00) (aged 72–73)
Allegiance	Royalist
Rank	Major General of the Infantry
Battles/wars	Battle of Edgehill, Siege of Gloucester, First Battle of Newbury, Battle of Naseby, Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold

Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading (1579 – February 1652) was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War and most famously served during the Battle of Newbury and Naseby. He also was involved in the Dutch Revolt and the Thirty Years War. After the second phase of the Civil War, he was imprisoned and then retired in Maidstone. He died shortly after in 1652.