词条 | John Astor |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name =John Astor | image = John Astor.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|9|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|12|27|1923|9|26|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | alma_mater = Eton College | party = Conservative | spouse = Diana Kathleen Drummond (m. 1950–1982) Penelope Eve Bradford (m. 1982–1987; his death) | children = 3 | parents =John Jacob Astor V Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | relatives =see Astor family }}John Astor (26 September 1923 – 27 December 1987) was an English Conservative politician. John was the third son of John Jacob Astor V (1886–1971)[1] 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).[2] He was educated at Summerfields and Eton College. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was a Berkshire County Councillor from 1953 and an alderman from 1960.[1] 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.[1] In 1970 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Overseas Development.[2][3] In 1950, he married Diana Kathleen Drummond (11 April 1926 – 1982),[1] daughter of George Henry Drummond and Helena Kathleen Holt. Helena was a niece of civil engineer Herbert Samuel Holt.[4] They had three children, two sons and a daughter.[1] In 1982, he married Penelope Eve Bradford. They had no children.[1] Penelope died on 31 December 2006.[5] He lived at Kirby House, Inkpen, Berkshire.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-161594?rskey=uvCeBJ&result=3 |title=Astor, Hon. John |work= Who's Who 2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1 December 2007 |accessdate=11 December 2017}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/astor1956.htm |title=Astor of Hever, Baron (UK, 1956) |publisher=Heraldic Media |work=Cracroft's Peerage |accessdate=11 December 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/hon-john-astor/ |title=Hon. John Astor |publisher=UK Parliament |work=Hansard |accessdate=11 December 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/diana-drummond_40666676 |title=Diana Drummond |publisher=Ancestry |accessdate=11 December 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/51213/lansdowne |title=LANSDOWNE |work=Telegraph Announcements |publisher=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=11 December 2017}} External links
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