John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever

The Right Honourable
The Lord Astor of Hever
PC DL
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
	as an elected hereditary peer; 11 November 1999 – 22 July 2022
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	The 8th Earl of Effingham
Personal details
Born	John Jacob Astor VIII; 16 June 1946 (age 77)
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Fiona Lennox-Harvey (m. 1970; div. 1990); Elizabeth Mackintosh (m. 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.

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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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 22 July 2022 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Preceded by	Seat established ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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) Elizabeth Mackintosh (m. 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