Jakie Astor
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely | |
|---|---|
| In office 1967–1968 | |
| Preceded by | John Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1918 Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 10 September 2000 (aged 82) Wandsworth, London, England |
| Spouses | Ana Inez Carcano
(m. 1944; div. 1972)Susan Eveleigh Sheppard
(m. 1976; div. 1985)Marcia de Savary
(m. 1988) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Croix de Guerre |
Early life
John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII was born 29 August 1918 at
Educated at
Career
In 1945, Astor contested the
In 1967, he was appointed
Later career
Astor was a
In 1978 he was granted a knighthood for services to agriculture, due to his chairmanship of the
Personal life
Astor was married three times. He married firstly on 23 October 1944 to Ana Inez "Chiquita" Carcano y Morra (1918–1992),[10] daughter of the Argentine ambassador (from 1942 to 1946) and a prominent Catholic laywoman, which hurt his relationship with his mother.[2][11][12] His mother had become a Christian Scientist.[1] Ana's sister, Stella Carcano y Morra, married William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley in 1946. Before their divorce in 1972, Jakie and Ana had three children:
- Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor (b. 1946), who married Daphne Warburg, daughter of Edward M. M. Warburg, in 1979.[13]
- Stella Inez Astor (b. 1949)
- John William Astor (1962–1963), who died as an infant.
In 1976, he married secondly Susan Eveleigh Sheppard, that marriage too ended in divorce in 1985.[citation needed]
In 1988, he married thirdly Marcia de Savary, former wife of Peter de Savary, to whom he remained married until his death in 2000.[1]
There were no children from the second or third marriages.[9]
Honours and awards
- Knight Bachelor 3 June 1978
- Member of the Order of the British Empire1 February 1945
- Emergency Reserve Decoration 30 May 1989
- Légion d'Honneur (France)[1]
- Croix de Guerre (France)[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g "Major Sir John Astor". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Pearson, Richard (17 September 2000). "Sir John Astor Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Son Born to Mrs. Waldorf Astor". The New York Times. 31 August 1918. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Goldman L, (Cambridge University Press 1989) Henry Fawcett - the Blind Victorian & British Liberalism
- ISBN 9781844152186. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ISBN 9780802037527. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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- ^ "No. 44276". The London Gazette. 28 March 1967. p. 3382.
- ^ Wood, Greg (2 May 1995). "Unmasking the convivial Major". The Independent. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b Roth, Andrew (12 September 2000). "Sir John Astor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Ana I. Astor, 73, Dies; Worked as a Designer". The New York Times. 9 January 1992. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ Sykes (1984), p. 75
- ^ Thornton (1997), p. 444
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (17 December 1978). "Daphne Warburg Plans Nuptials". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- Sources
- ISBN 0-89733-098-6.
- Astor, Lady Nancy (1997). Martin Thornton (ed.). Nancy Astor's Canadian Correspondence, 1912–1962. ISBN 0-7734-8452-3.