John Jacob Astor VIII
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The Right Honourable The Lord Astor of Hever PC DL |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Lord in Waiting | |
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In office 2010–2011 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 11 November 1999 as an excepted hereditary peer |
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In office 28 June 1984 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer |
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| Preceded by | Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever |
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| Born | 16 June 1946 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Fiona Diana Lennox-Harvey (m. 1970–1990; divorced) Elizabeth Mackintosh (m. 1990–present) |
| Relations | See Astor family |
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Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever Lady Irene Haig |
| Residence | Westerham, Kent, England |
| Education | Eton College |
| 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. He is an hereditary Lord Temporal, sitting with the Conservatives. Astor was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from 2010–2015. Astor is a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.
Astor was born 16 June 1946. He is the eldest of the five children of Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984), and Lady Irene Haig (1919–2001). Astor succeeded to the peerage after his father died from cancer in June 1984. His younger siblings are Bridget (born 1948), Elizabeth (born 1951), Sarah (born 1953), and Philip (born 1959).
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.
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 1996–1998. In 1999 he was elected to continue as a member of the House of Lords.
From 1998–2001, he served as an Opposition Spokesman on Social Security and Health from 1998–2003. 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 2010–2015 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.
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