Francis William Aston [SEP] educated at
September 1877. He was the third child and second son of William Aston and Fanny Charlotte Hollis. He was educated at the Harborne Vicarage School and later Mason College in Worcestershire where he was a boarder. In 1893 Francis William Aston began his university studies at Mason College (which was then external college of University of London) where he was taught physics by John Henry Poynting and chemistry by Frankland and Tilden. From 1896 on he conducted additional research on organic chemistry in a private laboratory at his father's house. In 1898
Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Baronet
Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Baronet (1674–1742) of Tabley, Cheshire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727.
Leicester was born on 30 July 1674, the eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Leicester, 2nd Baronet, of Tabley and his wife Meriell Watson, daughter of Francis Watson of Church Aston, near Newport, Shropshire. His father died on 7 July 1684 and he succeeded to the baronetcy. He was educated at Eton College