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New College, Oxford. Awards. Knight Bachelor (1978) OBE (1945) ERD (1989) Légion d'Honneur. Croix de Guerre. Major Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII, MBE, ERD (29 August 1918 – 10 September 2000) was an English politician and sportsman. He was a member of the prominent Astor family.
John Jacob Astor VI (August 14, 1912 – June 26, 1992) was an American socialite, shipping businessman, and member of the Astor family. He was dubbed the " Titanic Baby" for his affiliation with the RMS Titanic; Astor was born four months after his father, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, died in the sinking of the Titanic.
13 de sept. de 2000 · Sir John Astor. Andrew Roth. Tue 12 Sep 2000 20.17 EDT. Sir John "Jakie" Astor, who has died aged 82 after a long battle against Parkinson's disease, won distinction in his second and third...
"Jakie" Astor, as he was invariably known, was the youngest child and fourth son of the redoubtable Nancy Astor and her husband Waldorf, then Conservative MP for Plymouth, but shortly to forfeit his seat on succeeding his father as the 2 nd Viscount Astor.
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
10 de sept. de 2000 · Member of the Order of the British Empire 1 February 1945. Major Sir John Jacob Astor VII Kt, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, External Relations Division, commonly known as Jakie Astor, was an English politician and sportsman and a member of the prominent Astor family.
13 de sept. de 2000 · Nevertheless, Jakie Astor reluctantly surrendered to his mother's desire that he should stand for Plymouth Sutton at the general election of 1950. Though he failed on that occasion, ...
