John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever
The Right Honourable The Lord Astor of Hever PC DL | |
---|---|
Lord Astor of Hever in 2019 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State For Defence | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord Drayson |
Succeeded by | The Earl Howe |
Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 5 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | The Lord Brett |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Stowell of Beeston |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 11 February 1986 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Astor of Hever |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 22 July 2022 [b] | |
Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
Succeeded by | The 8th Earl of Effingham |
Personal details | |
Born | John Jacob Astor VIII (1946-06-16) 16 June 1946 (age 77) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | Fiona Lennox-Harvey (m. 1970; div. 1990) |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever Lady Irene Haig |
Relatives | See Astor family |
Residence(s) | Westerham, Kent, England |
Alma mater | Eton College |
Occupation | Businessman, politician |
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 is a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.
Family background
Astor was born 16 June 1946. He is the eldest of the five children of Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, and Lady Irene Haig. Astor succeeded to the peerage after his father died from cancer in June 1984. His younger siblings are Bridget, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Philip.[citation needed] His maternal grandfather was Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.
Education and military career
Astor was educated at Eton College before serving with the Life Guards (the senior regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry) from 1966 until 1970, where he visited Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Northern Ireland as well as ceremonial duties in London.
He worked in France for 11 years, and is now patron of the Conservatives in Paris.
Political career
In 1994, Lord Astor was a British Parliamentary Observer in Johannesburg during the South African General Election. He was a member of the Executive, Association of Conservative Peers from 1996 to 1998. In 1999 he was elected to continue as a member of the House of Lords. Astor retired from the House of Lords on 22 July 2022.[1]
From 1998 to 2001, he served as an Opposition Spokesman on Social Security and Health from 1998 to 2003. From 2001, he has been an Opposition Spokesman for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, and International Development, from 2003 to 2010, Opposition Spokesman for Defense, and from 2010 to 2011 a Lord in Waiting. From 2010 to 2015 he was parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Defence. He is currently the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Oman and Defence Secretary's Adviser for Military Co-operation with the Sultanate of Oman.
He is former Hon. Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council. In 1995 he piloted through the House of Lords the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act and in 1996 the Trading Schemes Act.
Marriages and children
Astor married firstly Fiona Diana Lennox-Harvey, a daughter of Capt. Roger Harvey, on 1 July 1970.[2] They had three daughters together:[3]
- Camilla Fiona Astor (born 8 May 1974), she married Dominic M. Trusted and they have one daughter:
- Raya Trusted (born March 2008)
- Tania Jentie Astor (born 18 April 1978)
- Violet Magdalene Astor (born 1980)
They were divorced in 1990 and in the same year Astor married Elizabeth Constance Mackintosh, younger daughter of John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax. They have two children:
- Charles Gavin John Astor (born 10 November 1990), who married Princess Eliane Marie Ghislain de Merode in June 2017. Their first daughter, Astrid, was born in September 2020. Their second daughter, Lilyrose, was born in March 2023.
- Olivia Alexandra Elizabeth Astor (born 21 August 1992)
Arms
|
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
- ^ Retired under Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
References
- ^ "Retirement of One Member (Retirement List)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "John J. Astor Weds Fiona Harvey". The New York Times. 19 July 1970. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. p. 308.
External links
- Profile at the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Lord Astor Archived 4 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine on the Conservative Party's website
- [1] Honorary Member of the Lions Club Walldorf-Astoria (Germany)
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Baron Astor of Hever 1984–present Member of the House of Lords (1984–1999) | Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Charles Astor |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2022 | Succeeded by |
- v
- t
- e
- Rupert Law, 9th Baron Ellenborough
- John Manners, 6th Baron Manners
- Michael Spencer, 7th Baron Churchill
- Michael Harris, 9th Baron Harris
- Thomas Liddell, 9th Baron Ravensworth
- Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere
- Charles Weld-Forester, 9th Baron Forester
- John Strutt, 6th Baron Rayleigh
- Anthony Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford
- Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham
- Colin Ellis, 6th Baron Seaford
- Tyrone Plunket, 9th Baron Plunket
- James Holmes à Court, 7th Baron Heytesbury
- Andrew Bootle-Wilbraham, 8th Baron Skelmersdale
- John Best, 9th Baron Wynford
- Robin Jordan Boyd, 8th Baron Kilmarnock
- Mark Bampfylde, 7th Baron Poltimore
- Gregory Mostyn, 7th Baron Mostyn
- Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez
- Richard Denman, 6th Baron Denman
- James Scarlett, 9th Baron Abinger
- Mark Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton
- Edward Littleton, 8th Baron Hatherton
- David Campbell, 7th Baron Stratheden and Campbell
- Simon Fraser, 5th Baron Lovat^*
- William Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore^•
- Patrick Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew^•
- Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley
- Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley
- Nicholas Hanbury-Tracy, 8th Baron Sudeley
- James Methuen-Campbell, 8th Baron Methuen
- Richard Stanley, 9th Baron Stanley of Alderley^•
- Christopher Leigh, 6th Baron Leigh
- Charles Rice, 7th Baron Monteagle of Brandon
- David Campbell, 7th Baron Stratheden and Campbell
- Charles Vivian, 7th Baron Vivian
- John Parnell, 9th Baron Congleton
- Richard Stanley, 8th Baron Eddisbury^•
- Richard Denison, 9th Baron Londesborough
- Charles French, 8th Baron de Freyne
- Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan
- Richard Strutt, 5th Baron Belper
- Charles Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham
- Benjamin Yarde-Buller, 6th Baron Churston
- Max Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield
- Colin Vernon, 8th Baron Lyveden
- Charles Brougham, 6th Baron Brougham and Vaux
- Richard Bethell, 6th Baron Westbury
- Luke White, 6th Baron Annaly
- Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook
- Mark Henniker-Major, 6th Baron Hartismere^•
- Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton
- Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn
- Raymond O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill
- Robert Napier, 6th Baron Napier of Magdala
- David Rollo, 5th Baron Dunning^*
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton
- Miles Glyn, 8th Baron Wolverton
- Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan
- Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst
- Francis Napier, 6th Baron Ettrick^*
- Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare
- Rhoderick Moncreiff, 6th Baron Moncreiff
- William Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge
- Thomas Fremantle, 6th Baron Cottesloe
- John Pakington, 7th Baron Hampton
- Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech
- John Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache
- Anthony Gerard, 5th Baron Gerard
- Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville
- James Adderley, 8th Baron Norton
- Marke Hill-Trevor, 5th Baron Trevor
- David Russell, 5th Baron Ampthill
- Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent
- Anthony Tufton, 6th Baron Hothfield
- David Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson
- James Grant of Grant, 6th Baron Strathspey
- Christopher Dodson, 4th Baron Monk Bretton
- Charles James, 6th Baron Northbourne
- Oliver Eden, 6th Baron Northington^•
- Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild
- Alexander Baring, 7th Baron Revelstoke
- James Collier, 6th Baron Monkswell
- Charles Gibson, 5th Baron Ashbourne
- Charles Winn, 6th Baron St Oswald
- Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 4th Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
- Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Baron Elphinstone^*
- Henry Allsopp, 7th Baron Hindlip
- Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe
- William Edwardes, 6th Baron Kensington^•
- Gavin Hamilton, 5th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
- James St Aubyn, 5th Baron St Levan
- Stuart Sclater-Booth, 6th Baron Basing
- John Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey
- Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington
- John Lumley-Savile, 4th Baron Savile
- Mark Cubitt, 5th Baron Ashcombe
- David Brooks, 5th Baron Crawshaw
- Hugh Cecil, 5th Baron Amherst of Hackney
- Richard Legh, 5th Baron Newton
- Brian Mulholland, 6th Baron Dunleath
- Richard Vivian, 5th Baron Swansea
- Vicary Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham
- James Hamilton, 5th Baron HolmPatrick
- Evan Baillie, 4th Baron Burton
- Christopher Bailey, 5th Baron Glanusk
- Philip Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth
- Lyulph Lubbock, 5th Baron Avebury
- Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin
- Alexander Howard, 5th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Christopher Balfour, 5th Baron Kinross
- Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth
- Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell
- Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale
- Harry Lawson, 7th Baron Burnham
- Anthony Biddulph, 5th Baron Biddulph
- Charles Ritchie, 6th Baron Ritchie of Dundee
- Charles Martyn-Hemphill, 6th Baron Hemphill
- James Joicey, 5th Baron Joicey
- Stephen Wilson, 6th Baron Nunburnholme
- Charles Montagu, 5th Baron Swaythling
- James Blyth, 5th Baron Blyth
- William Whiteley, 4th Baron Marchamley
- John Barnes, 5th Baron Gorell
- Patrick Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher
- Christopher Godley, 4th Baron Kilbracken
- Julian Hardinge, 4th Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
- Alexander de Villiers, 4th Baron de Villiers
- Cody Tennant, 4th Baron Glenconner
- Charles McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway
- David Lewis, 5th Baron Merthyr
- John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan
- Henry Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde
- Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale
- Ian Hope-Morley, 4th Baron Hollenden
- Michael Cripps, 5th Baron Parmoor
- Roger Cunliffe, 3rd Baron Cunliffe
- William Buckley, 4th Baron Wrenbury
- Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon
- Charles Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy
- Christopher Norton, 3rd Baron Rathcreedan
- Hugh Crossley, 4th Baron Somerleyton
- Adam Nicolson, 5th Baron Carnock
- Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
- Adrian Pease, 5th Baron Gainford
- John Dewar, 4th Baron Forteviot
- Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
- Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough
- Thomas Morris, 4th Baron Morris
- John Cawley, 4th Baron Cawley
- Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington
- Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur
- Francis Phillimore, 5th Baron Phillimore
- Andrew Weir, 4th Baron Inverforth
- Arup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha
- Thomas Cochrane, 5th Baron Cochrane of Cults
- John Roberts, 4th Baron Clwyd
- Simon Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool
- Charles Swinfen Eady, 4th Baron Swinfen
- James Meston, 3rd Baron Meston
- Michael Cokayne, 4th Baron Cullen of Ashbourne
- Patrick Lawrence, 5th Baron Trevethin
- John Nivison, 4th Baron Glendyne
- Miles Watson, 4th Baron Manton
- Alastair Williamson, 4th Baron Forres
- William Vestey, 4th Baron Vestey
- Jamie Borwick, 5th Baron Borwick
- Joseph Maclay, 3rd Baron Maclay
- James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell
- Vicary Gibbs, 4th Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon
- Robert Darling, 3rd Baron Darling
- Charles Banbury, 3rd Baron Banbury of Southam
- Derek Duke, 4th Baron Merrivale
- John Bradbury, 4th Baron Bradbury
- Dominick Browne, 3rd Baron Mereworth^•
- Ambrose Greenway, 4th Baron Greenway
- William Chubb, 4th Baron Hayter
- Fiennes Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
- Peter Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury
- Antony Gibbs, 4th Baron Wraxall
- Philip Remnant, 4th Baron Remnant
- Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan
- Thomas Shaw, 4th Baron Craigmyle
- Michael Wills, 3rd Baron Dulverton
- Ian Lawson Johnston, 4th Baron Luke
- Robert Yerburgh, 3rd Baron Alvingham
- David Robert Baden-Powell, 5th Baron Baden-Powell [Wikidata]
- Frederick Ponsonby, 4th Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
- Martin Dickinson, 3rd Baron Dickinson
- Charles Noel-Buxton, 4th Baron Noel-Buxton
- Philip Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Penrith
- David Lamb, 3rd Baron Rochester
- Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon
- Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne
- David Davies, 4th Baron Davies
- Michael Hope, 5th Baron Rankeillour
- Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket
- George Milne, 3rd Baron Milne
- James Rodd, 4th Baron Rennell
- Christopher Seely, 6th Baron Mottistone
- Robert Iliffe, 3rd Baron Iliffe
- Hugo Palmer, 5th Baron Palmer
- Anthony Cecil, 4th Baron Rockley
- Edward Elton, 3rd Baron Elton
- Timothy Loder, 4th Baron Wakehurst
- Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh
- John Buchan, 4th Baron Tweedsmuir
- Andrew Wigram, 3rd Baron Wigram
- Anthony Balfour, 3rd Baron Riverdale
- Jasper May, 4th Baron May
- William Young, 3rd Baron Kennet
- Ian Macpherson, 3rd Baron Strathcarron
- Innes Catto, 3rd Baron Catto
- James Hennessy, 4th Baron Windlesham
- Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
- Harry McGowan, 4th Baron McGowan
- Richard Bowyer, 3rd Baron Denham
- Matthew Rea, 4th Baron Rea
- John Cadman, 3rd Baron Cadman
- Randle Siddeley, 4th Baron Kenilworth
- Henry Denison-Pender, 4th Baron Pender
- Massey Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough
- Edward Brassey, 4th Baron Brassey of Apethorpe
- Nicholas Stamp, 5th Baron Stamp
- Charles Smith, 5th Baron Bicester
- Guy Philipps, 4th Baron Milford
- Donald Hankey, 3rd Baron Hankey
- Thomas Harmsworth, 3rd Baron Harmsworth
- Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick
- Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran
- Charles Tryon, 4th Baron Tryon
- Bernard Croft, 3rd Baron Croft
- Charles Kerr, 3rd Baron Teviot
- Rupert Nathan, 3rd Baron Nathan
- James Reith, 3rd Baron Reith
- Rupert Kindersley, 4th Baron Kindersley
- Charles Ironside, 3rd Baron Ironside
- Dominic Latham, 2nd Baron Latham
- Antony Wedgwood, 5th Baron Wedgwood
- Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes
- Michael Warrender, 3rd Baron Bruntisfield
- Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara
- Charles Keyes, 3rd Baron Keyes
- Christopher Herbert, 4th Baron Hemingford
- James Wilson, 3rd Baron Moran
- Victor Lampson, 3rd Baron Killearn
- Piers Dowding, 3rd Baron Dowding
- John Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton
- William Westwood, 4th Baron Westwood
- Arthur Hazlerigg, 4th Baron Hazlerigg
- David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking
- Philip Chetwode, 2nd Baron Chetwode
- James Edmondson, 3rd Baron Sandford
- Sebastian Grigg, 4th Baron Altrincham
- Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge
- Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans
- James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker
- James Piercy, 3rd Baron Piercy
- Nicholas Chorley, 3rd Baron Chorley
- Charles Muff, 3rd Baron Calverley
- Robin Tedder, 3rd Baron Tedder
- Alastair Campbell, 4th Baron Colgrain
- Paul Davies, 4th Baron Darwen
- Simon Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Chilworth
- Graeme Shepherd, 3rd Baron Shepherd
- Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall
- Patrick Lawrence, 3rd Baron Oaksey
- Robert Maffey, 3rd Baron Rugby
- Jonathan Layton, 4th Baron Layton
- Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe
- Edward Kershaw, 4th Baron Kershaw
- David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne
- Robert Crook, 3rd Baron Crook
- Keith Montague, 3rd Baron Amwell
- Michael Richards, 3rd Baron Milverton
- David Colville, 3rd Baron Clydesmuir
- Fraser Burden, 4th Baron Burden
- Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest
- Christopher Silkin, 3rd Baron Silkin (disclaimed)
- Matthew Hives, 3rd Baron Hives
- Malcolm Greenhill, 3rd Baron Greenhill
- Tudor Rees-Williams, 4th Baron Ogmore
- Jonathan Morris, 3rd Baron Morris of Kenwood
- James Macpherson, 3rd Baron Macpherson of Drumochter
- Michael Whitfield, 3rd Baron Kenswood
- Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg
- Richard Milner, 3rd Baron Milner of Leeds
- James Kirkwood, 4th Baron Kirkwood
- Christopher Wise, 3rd Baron Wise
- Christopher Jeffreys, 3rd Baron Jeffreys
- Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan
- James Baillieu, 3rd Baron Baillieu
- John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester
- James Law, 3rd Baron Coleraine
- Charles Harvey, 3rd Baron Harvey of Tasburgh
- Richard Gridley, 3rd Baron Gridley
- William Fraser, 3rd Baron Strathalmond
- Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
- Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe
- Duncan McNair, 3rd Baron McNair
- Alisdair Hopkinson, 2nd Baron Colyton
- John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever
- John Sinclair, 3rd Baron Sinclair of Cleeve
- Mark Bridges, 3rd Baron Bridges
- George Norrie, 2nd Baron Norrie
- Thomas Birkett, 3rd Baron Birkett
- William Harding, 3rd Baron Harding of Petherton
- David Charles Poole, 2nd Baron Poole
- Nicholas Rootes, 3rd Baron Rootes
- James Turner, 3rd Baron Netherthorpe
- James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne
- Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens
- Oliver MacAndrew, 4th Baron MacAndrew
- Alistair Nelson, 4th Baron Nelson of Stafford
- Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale
- Alan Sanderson, 2nd Baron Sanderson of Ayot (disclaimed)
- Henry Lytton Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold
- William Robertson, 3rd Baron Robertson of Oakridge
- Simon Marks, 3rd Baron Marks of Broughton
- Ailwyn Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven
- Robert Seager, 3rd Baron Leighton of St Mellons
- Michael Brain, 3rd Baron Brain
- Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington
- James Millar, 3rd Baron Inchyra
- Simon Trustram Eve, 3rd Baron Silsoe
- Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont
- David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
- John Robinson, 2nd Baron Martonmere
- Dwight Makins, 3rd Baron Sherfield
- Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood
- Jonathan Hope, 3rd Baron Glendevon
- Robert Grimston, 3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury
- Robert Renwick, 3rd Baron Renwick
- Richard Hughes-Young, 2nd Baron St Helens
- Alastair Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale
^* Also a Lord in the Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland