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{{short description|English cricketer, barrister and judge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Arthur Henry Southcote Aston
| birth_date = 4 July 1875
| birth_place = [[Pune|Poona]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|5|30|1875|7|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1904/05
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 25
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16[[not out|*]]
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 7 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26417.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Arthur Henry Southcote Aston''' (4 July 1875 – 30 May 1949) was an English barrister and judge in [[British India]]. He played one match as a first-class [[cricket]]er.

==Life==
The son of Henry Faure Aston of the [[Indian Civil Service]], and his wife Augusta Creed,<ref>{{cite Men-at-the-Bar|wstitle=Aston, Henry Faure}}</ref> Arthur was born in [[British India]] at [[Pune|Poona]] in July 1875. He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]], before going up to [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. After graduating from Oxford, he was [[Call to the bar#England and Wales|called to the bar]] in 1901 to practice as a [[barrister]].<ref name="HARROW">{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911|last1=Dauglish|first1=M. G.|last2=Stephenson|first2=P. K.|publisher=[[Longman|Longmans, Green, and Co.]]|location=London|year=1911|edition=3|page=677|url=https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolregi00harruoft|language=en}}</ref>

The following year Aston departed for [[British India]], where he practiced as a barrister at [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. He was the honorary secretary of the [[Bombay Gymkhana]] in 1904 and 1905.<ref name="BALL">{{cite book |title=The Balliol College Register, 1832-1914|last1=Hilliard|first1=Edward|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|year=1914|page=3|url=https://archive.org/details/balliolcollegere00ballrich|language=en}}</ref> He played cricket for the Byculla Club.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheppard |first1=Samuel Townsend |title=The Byculla Club, 1833-1916, a history by Samuel T. Sheppard |date=1916 |publisher=Bennet, Coleman |location=Bombay |page=102 |url=https://archive.org/details/bycullaclub1833100shepuoft/page/102/mode/1up}}</ref> His only appearance in [[first-class cricket]] was for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the 1904–05 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12641/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Aston|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 16 runs (out of his team total of 48) in the first innings, and 9 (out of the team's 40) in the second and was a good enough batsman to remain not out in both low-scoring innings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europeans v Parsees at Bombay, 24-26 Aug 1904 |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/db/STATS/BY_CALENDAR/1900S/1904/ARCHIVE_1904-05/IND_LOCAL/BOM-PRES/SCORECARDS/EURO-IND_PARSEES_24-26AUG1904.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=www.thecricketmonthly.com}}</ref>

Aston spent a year in [[Sindh|Sind]] as a public prosecutor and government pleader, before returning to Bombay in 1907 to take up the appointment of Chief Magistrate and Revenue Judge.<ref name="BALL"/> In 1908 he ordered the arrest of [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Trial of Tilak |date=30 August 2017 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2533-9 |pages=85–86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ec1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT85 |language=en}}</ref> In connection with the [[Khudiram Bose]] assassination attempt, Aston was singled out by [[W. T. Stead]] for criticism in 1909, for blocking the import of an issue of the London journal ''Swaraj'' that contained an article by [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] on the case.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stead |first1=William Thomas |title=The Review of Reviews |date=July 1909 |publisher=Office of the Review of Reviews |pages=348–349 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Eckley |first1=Grace |title=Maiden Tribute: A Life of W.T. Stead |date=8 March 2007 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-4628-3811-0 |page=349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRn307aQfW8C&pg=PA349 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1934 Aston retired.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Law Journal |date=1949 |publisher=E.B. Ince |page=348 |language=en}}</ref> He died at [[Winchester]], England, in May 1949. He edited the 9th edition (1921) of Matthew Henry Starling's ''Indian Criminal Law''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stogdon |first1=J. H. |title=The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925. Second Series |date=1925|volume=II |publisher=Longmans, Green & Co. |location=London |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyZqMwEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==Family==
Aston married in 1906 at [[Bombay Cathedral]] Ada Lilian Savile, daughter of Albany Robert Savile of the [[18th Regiment of Foot]] and his wife Sybella Twemlow.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marriage of Miss Savile |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000227/19060512/031/0002 |work=Middlesex Chronicle |date=12 May 1906|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18690626/045/0004 |work=The Globe |date=26 June 1869|page=4}}</ref> The couple had a son and a daughter.<ref name="BALL"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=26417}}

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[[Category:1875 births]]
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[[Category:People from Pune]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford]]
[[Category:English barristers]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Judges of the Bombay High Court]]
[[Category:British India judges]]

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