John was born in 1946. He is the son of Gavin Astor and Irene Haig. John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever was born on 16 June 1946. He is the son of Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever and Lady Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig. He married, firstly, Fiona Diana Lennox Harvey, daughter of Captain Roger Lennox Edward Harvey and Diana Eira Claude Mainwaring, on July 1970.1 He and Fiona Diana Lennox Harvey were divorced in 1990. He married, secondly, Hon. Elizabeth Constance Mackintosh, daughter of John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax and Bronda Fibiger, in 1990. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1966 in the service of the The Life Guards. He was managing director of Honon et Cie in 1982. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle, co. Kent [U.K., 1956] on 28 June 1984. He was managing director of Astor France in 1989. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Kent in 1996. He held the office of Chief Whip of the House of Lords in December 1998. He lived in 1999 at Frenchstreet House, Westerham, Kent, England
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