Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
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New College, Oxford. Awards. Knight Bachelor (1978) OBE (1945) ERD (1989) Légion d'Honneur. Croix de Guerre. Major Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII, MBE, ERD (29 August 1918 – 10 September 2000) was an English politician and sportsman. He was a member of the prominent Astor family.
Mar 19, 2021 · Colonel Astor drowned, along with about 1,500 others, and his body was found on April 22, brought home, and buried in New York's Trinity Cemetery. Madeleine survived the sinking, and her son, John Jacob V, was named after his father.
- Sandra Mardenfeld
Sep 17, 2000 · By Richard Pearson. September 16, 2000 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Sir John "Jakie" Astor, 82, who was born to aristocracy and wealth and went on to serve as a soldier and member of Parliament as well...
Sep 13, 2000 · Andrew Roth. Tue 12 Sep 2000 20.17 EDT. Sir John "Jakie" Astor, who has died aged 82 after a long battle against Parkinson's disease, won distinction in his second and third careers after being...
Sep 13, 2000 · "Jakie" Astor was handsome, charming, witty, and light-spirited; inevitably, "Jakie" sometimes became "Jokie". Yet although from the age of 21 he was in possession of ample private means, he ...
Major the Hon Sir John Jacob Astor "Jakie" Astor, as he was invariably known, was the youngest child and fourth son of the redoubtable Nancy Astor and her husband Waldorf, then Conservative MP for Plymouth, but shortly to forfeit his seat on succeeding his father as the 2 nd Viscount Astor.
