Political party Conservative Alma mater Eton College | Name John Astor Role Businessman | |
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Born 26 September 1923 ( 1923-09-26 ) Relations William Waldorf Astor (grandfather)
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (grandfather)
Waldorf Astor (uncle)
George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice (half-brother)
Gavin Astor (brother)
William Waldorf Astor II (cousin)
Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (cousin)
Francis David Langhorne Astor (cousin)
Michael Langhorne Astor (cousin)
John Jacob Astor VII (cousin)
John Jacob Astor VIII (nephew) Died April 15, 1912, Atlantic Ocean Spouse Madeleine Astor (m. 1911–1912), Ava Lowle Willing (m. 1891–1910) Children Vincent Astor, John Jacob Astor VI, Ava Alice Muriel Astor Books A Journey in Other Worlds Parents William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor Similar People Madeleine Astor, Vincent Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Caroline Webster Schermer, John Jacob Astor VI | ||
John Astor (26 September 1923 – 27 December 1987) was an English politician. He was also a member of the Astor family.
John was the youngest of three sons born to John Jacob Astor V (1886–1971) and Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1889–1965). He had two elder brothers, Gavin (1918–1984) and Hugh (1920–1999). Violet also had two children, Mary (1910–2003) and George (1912–1997), from her first marriage to Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice (1874–1914).
He was educated at Eton College and during World War II served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was a Berkshire County Councillor from 1953 and an alderman from 1960.
Astor was elected as the MP for Newbury in the 1964 general election and was re-elected twice, in 1966 and 1970 but stood down before the first February 1974 general election. In 1970 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Overseas Development.
In 1950, he married Diana Kathleen Drummond (11 April 1926 – 1982), daughter of George Henry Drummond and Helena Kathleen Holt. Helena was a niece of civil engineer Herbert Samuel Holt. They were the parents of three children:
In 1982, he married Penelope Eve Bradford. They had no children. Penelope died on 31 December 2006.