page_title: Astor family
section_title: Lines of Succession to the Family Titles
hierarchical_section_title: Astor family / Lines of Succession to the Family Titles
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Lord Astor of Hever
context_page_description: 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 ancestral roots in the Italian 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.
context_section_description: Both in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the titles 
   Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1917), with subsidiary title  Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1916), and  Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1956), were granted with the standard remainder to the legitimate heirs male of the bodies of the original grantees. 
  Both of the current titleholders continue to sit in the House of Lords following the expulsion of the majority of the hereditary peers by the House of Lords Act 1999.
   The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (1848 - 1919)
   The Right Hon. Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (1879 - 1952)
   The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907 - 1966)
   The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (b. 1951)
  (1) The Hon. William Waldorf Astor (b. 1979)
  (2) William Waldorf Astor (b. 2012)
  (3) Conrad Charles Astor (b. 2016)
  (4) The Hon. James Jacob Astor (b. 1981)
  The Hon. Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (1912 - 2001)
  (5) Richard David Langhorne Astor (b. 1955)
  (6) Thomas Robert Langhorne Astor (b. 1962)
  The Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor (1916 - 1980)
  (7) David Waldorf Astor (b. 1943)
  (8) Henry Waldorf Astor (b. 1969)
  (9) George Astor (b. 1998)
  (10) Jakie Astor (b. 2003)
  (11) Charles Edgar Spence Astor (b. 2007)
  (12) Michael Allstar Astor (b. 2009)
  (13) Thomas Ludovic David Astor (b. 1972)
  (14) Frederick Michael Astor (b. 2003)
  (15) Vincent David Astor (b. 2009)
  (16) James Colonsay Langhorne Astor (b. 1945)
  (17) Tobias Michael de Chazal Astor (b. 1980)
  (18) Griffith Charles William Astor (b. 2016)
  Major The Hon. Sir John Jacob Astor, MBE, ERD (1918 - 2000)
  (19) Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor (b. 1946)
  (20) James Edward Astor (b. 1976)
   The Right Hon. Lt-Col John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (1886 - 1971)
   The Right Hon. Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918 - 1984)
  (21)  The Right Hon. John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (b. 1946)
  (1, 22) The Hon. Charles Gavin John Astor (b. 1990)
  (2, 23) The Hon. Philip Douglas Paul Astor (b. 1959)
  Lt-Col The Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920 - 1999)
  (3, 24) Robert Hugh Astor (b. 1958)
  (4, 25) Nicholas Louis Robert Astor (b. 1996)
  (5, 26) Jonathan Hugh Astor (b. 1997)
  (6, 27) James Alexander Waldorf Astor (b. 1965)
  (7, 28) Alexander Richard Astor (b. 2000)
  The Hon. John Astor (1923 - 1987)
  John Richard Astor (1953 - 2016)
  (8, 29) Charles John Astor (b. 1982)
  (9, 30) George David Astor (b. 1958)
  (10, 31) Thomas David Astor (b. 1987)
caption: Lord Astor of Hever's Official Parliamentary Portrait
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