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He was created 1 st Baron Astor of Hever in 1956. In 1962 John Jacob placed the Castle in trust for his son Gavin and retired to France where he died in 1971. In 1963 Gavin opened the Castle and gardens to the public for the first time.
When John Jacob Astor 1st Baron Astor of Hever was born on 20 May 1886, in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States, his father, William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor, was 38 and his mother, Mary Dahlgren Paul, was 29. He married Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound on 28 August 1916, in London, England, United Kingdom.
In 1916, Astor married Lady Violet Mary [d. 1965], widow of Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne and youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto. They had three sons--Gavin (who succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Astor of Hever), Hugh Waldorf, and John.
John Jacob " Johnny " Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (born 16 June 1946), is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative hereditary peer from 1986 to his retirement in 2022. Astor was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from 2010 to 2015.
Astor of Hever, Baron (UK, 1956) Creation: let. pat. 21 Jan 1956. Family name: Astor. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arms:
Jul 20, 1971 · LONDON, July 19—Lord Astor of Hever, former publisher of The Times of London, died today in the hospital in Cannes, France. His age was 85. His title goes to his eldest son, Gavin, who...
Jun 29, 1984 · His son, John Jacob Astor 5th, owned The Times, was a Member of Parliament and was made Baron Astor of Hever in 1956. Gavin Astor inherited the castle and the title Second Baron of...
