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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-file-height="4311" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lords_Temporal" title="Lords Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 March 1956 – 19 July 1971<br /><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">Hereditary Peerage</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Astor_of_Hever" title="Baron Astor of Hever">Peerage created</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Astor,_2nd_Baron_Astor_of_Hever" title="Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever">The 2nd Lord Astor of Hever</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Dover_and_Deal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dover and Deal (UK Parliament constituency)">Dover</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 November 1922 – 15 June 1945</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Polson" title="Thomas Polson">Sir Thomas Polson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Thomas_(British_politician)" title="John Thomas (British politician)">John Thomas</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1886-05-20</span>)</span>20 May 1886<br /><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">19 July 1971<span style="display:none">(1971-07-19)</span> (aged 85)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cannes" title="Cannes">Cannes</a>, France</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Violet_Astor" class="mw-redirect" title="Violet Astor">Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1916; died 1965)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Astor,_2nd_Baron_Astor_of_Hever" title="Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever">Gavin Astor</a></li> <li>Hugh Waldorf Astor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Astor_(1923%E2%80%931987)" title="John Astor (1923–1987)">John Astor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Waldorf_Astor" title="William Waldorf Astor">William Waldorf Astor</a><br />Mary Dahlgren Paul</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a> <b>John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever</b>, <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a> (20 May 1886 – 19 July 1971) was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician, sportsman, and military officer. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Jacob Astor V was born in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan, New York City">Manhattan, New York City</a> in 1886, the fourth child of <a href="/wiki/William_Waldorf_Astor,_1st_Viscount_Astor" class="mw-redirect" title="William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor">William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor</a> (1848–1919), and Mary Dahlgren Paul (1858–1894). He was five years old when his family left New York to live in England.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised on an estate purchased by his father at <a href="/wiki/Cliveden" title="Cliveden">Cliveden-on-Thames</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a> and at <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astor was British Public Schools rackets champion in 1904–1905, spent a year at Oxford, and finally, in 1906, joined the <a href="/wiki/Life_Guards_(British_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Guards (British Army)">1st Life Guards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-www_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ccc;color:inherit;">Olympic medal record </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" 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href="/wiki/Rackets_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics">rackets</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 London</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Rackets_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" title="Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles">Men's doubles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 London</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Rackets_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" title="Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles">Men's singles</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Astor represented Great Britain in <a href="/wiki/Racquets_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Racquets (sport)">rackets</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Summer Olympics</a>, winning the gold medal in the men's doubles competition together with <a href="/wiki/Vane_Pennell" title="Vane Pennell">Vane Pennell</a> and winning bronze in the men's singles event.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year he played singles and doubles in the British Army rackets championships.<sup id="cite_ref-www_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was then Aide-de-Camp to <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hardinge,_1st_Baron_Hardinge_of_Penshurst" title="Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst">Baron Hardinge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of India">Viceroy of India</a> between 1911 and 1914 and was promoted Captain in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-www_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, he was wounded while serving with his regiment at Messines in October 1914. After recovering, he returned to the Western Front, returning briefly to marry <a href="/wiki/Violet_Astor" class="mw-redirect" title="Violet Astor">Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound</a> (28 May 1889 - 3 January 1965) on 28 August 1916. She was the third daughter of <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto" title="Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto">Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto</a> and his wife, Lady Mary Caroline Grey. From her previous marriage to <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Charles_Petty-Fitzmaurice" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice">Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> at <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">Ypres</a> in 1914, Lady Violet had two children, Margaret and <a href="/wiki/George_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_8th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne">George</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of 1918, he was put in command of the 520 Household Siege Battery of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="Royal Garrison Artillery">Royal Garrison Artillery</a>, his bravery with that unit earning him the rank of <i>Chevalier</i> in France's <i><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Légion d'Honneur</a></i>. In September that year, near Cambrai, his right leg was shattered by a shell and later amputated,<sup id="cite_ref-odnb1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he was still able to play and win against younger opponents at <a href="/wiki/Squash_(sport)" title="Squash (sport)">squash</a> on a prosthetic limb.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919-1949">1919-1949</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1919-1949"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon his father's death in 1919, Astor inherited <a href="/wiki/Hever_Castle" title="Hever Castle">Hever Castle</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Edenbridge,_Kent" title="Edenbridge, Kent">Edenbridge, Kent</a>, where he lived the life of an English country gentleman. He was promoted to Major in the Army in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-www_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1922, he purchased <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> newspaper following the death of its owner, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Harmsworth,_1st_Viscount_Northcliffe" title="Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe">Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe</a>. He was a director of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> (1929-1946), <a href="/wiki/Hambros_Bank" title="Hambros Bank">Hambros Bank</a> (1934-1960) and <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Barclays Bank">Barclays Bank</a> (1942-1952).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to his directorships and newspaper business, John Jacob V served in politics as <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">Alderman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> between 1922 and 1925 and in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> for 23 years as <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Dover_and_Deal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dover and Deal (UK Parliament constituency)">Dover</a> from 1922 to 1945. In March 1924, Astor caused the <a href="/wiki/1924_Dover_by-election" title="1924 Dover by-election">1924 Dover by-election</a> to be held after having voted before taking the <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance_(United_Kingdom)#Parliamentarians" title="Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)">oath of allegiance</a> - doing so means an MP's seat is vacated "as if he were dead". He was returned unopposed just six days after losing his seat.<sup id="cite_ref-CBP7515_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBP7515-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926, he was made Lieutenant of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, then held the offices of <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">Justice of the Peace</a> from 1929 and Deputy Lieutenant of Kent from 1936 until 1962. </p><p>In 1927, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Kent_Artillery_Volunteers" title="1st Kent Artillery Volunteers">Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>, a post he held until 1946, then Honorary Colonel of the 23rd <a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1908%E2%80%931938)" title="London Regiment (1908–1938)">London Regiment</a> in 1928, holding that post until 1949. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, he also became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Battalion, City of London <a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)" title="Home Guard (United Kingdom)">Home Guard</a>, a unit drawn from newspaper employees,<sup id="cite_ref-odnb2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between 1940 and 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-www_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middlesex_Hospital">Middlesex Hospital</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Middlesex Hospital"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Astor was a great benefactor of the <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Hospital" title="Middlesex Hospital">Middlesex Hospital</a>, London W 1, both financially and in service given. He was a member of its Board of Governors for 40 years and the Board's chairman for 24 years. He also endowed the Chair of Physiology in 1920 and gave the money for the Nurses' Home in Foley Street, which survived the demolition of the Hospital. For many years, the name of the donor was unknown, but it was later named John Astor House in his honour. He gave money towards the Windeyer Building of the Medical School and Astor College, the medical students' residence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1950s, Astor became Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Insurance" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenix Insurance">Phoenix Insurance</a> (1952-1958), having previously served as its vice-chairman (1941-1952). In 1953, he had <i>The Times</i> sponsor <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Edmund Hillary</a>'s expedition that made the first successful climb to the summit of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> and became the first chairman of the newly-established <a href="/wiki/Press_Council_(UK)" title="Press Council (UK)">General Council of the Press</a>, a post he held until resigning due to ill-health in April 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 January 1956, he was created <b>Baron Astor of Hever</b>, <i>of Hever Castle in the County of Kent</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> taking his seat in the House of Lords on 21 March.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained chairman of <i>The Times</i> until 1959 when his son Gavin took over, seven years before it was sold to <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> newspaper tycoon, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Herbert_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet">Roy Thomson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962, he moved from England to France. He died on 19 July 1971 in <a href="/wiki/Cannes" title="Cannes">Cannes</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selected artworks from the family's vast collection were bequeathed to the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a> including the prized "<i>Thames below Westminster</i>" by <a href="/wiki/Claude_Monet" title="Claude Monet">Claude Monet</a>. John Jacob V and Violet are buried together on the grounds of Hever Castle, and his eldest son Gavin succeeded him as Baron.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issue">Issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lord and Lady Astor had three sons:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Astor,_2nd_Baron_Astor_of_Hever" title="Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever">Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever</a> (1 June 1918 - 28 June 1984), married <a href="/wiki/Irene_Astor,_Baroness_Astor_of_Hever" title="Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever">Lady Irene Haig</a>, youngest daughter of <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig" title="Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig">Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig</a>, and Dorothy Maud Vivian, and had five children including <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="John Jacob Astor VIII">John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lt Col</a> Hugh Waldorf Astor (20 November 1920 - 7 June 1999) married Emily Lucy Kinloch, a niece of <a href="/wiki/Diana_Vreeland" title="Diana Vreeland">Diana Vreeland</a>, and had five children.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Astor_(1923%E2%80%931987)" title="John Astor (1923–1987)">John Astor</a> (26 September 1923 - 27 December 1987), married Diana Kathleen Drummond, a grandniece of <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel_Holt" title="Herbert Samuel Holt">Herbert Samuel Holt</a>, and had three children.</li></ul> <p>Through his son <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Astor,_2nd_Baron_Astor_of_Hever" title="Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever">Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever</a>, he is a great-grandfather of Harry Marcus George Lopes (b. 1977), who married <a href="/wiki/Laura_Lopes" title="Laura Lopes">Laura Rose Parker Bowles</a>, the second child of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Parker_Bowles" title="Andrew Parker Bowles">Andrew Parker Bowles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a>, thus making her the stepdaughter of <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">King Charles III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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American-Born Press Lord Headed Newspaper for 37 Years. Served in House of Commons 1922-1945"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 20 July 1971<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 July</span> 2014</span>. <q>Lord Astor of Hever, former publisher of The Times of London, died today ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Lord+Astor+of+Hever+Is+Dead%2C+Published+The+Times+of+London.+American-Born+Press+Lord+Headed+Newspaper+for+37+Years.+Served+in+House+of+Commons+1922-1945&rft.date=1971-07-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3D9C0CE5D6113FEF34BC4851DFB166838A669EDE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor%2C+1st+Baron+Astor+of+Hever" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-odnb1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-odnb1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb1_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 2</i>. 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