Delaval Thomas Harold Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings (born 25 April 1960), is an English peer, actor, and farmer.
At Durham he was active in student theatre and won the award for best individual performance at the One Act Play Festival during the 1978-1979 academic year.
[2] Delaval's father Edward was a prominent member of the British government under the Conservative administrations of the 1960s and a noted philanthropist and patron of the arts.
[3] The most recent Astley family seat was at Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, prior to its being sold to the National Trust in December 2009.
[6] He was chosen to carry one of the gold spurs of the royal regalia,[7] emblems of knighthood and chivalry[8] that were presented to King Charles III during his coronation.