Viscount Astor Viscount Astor Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the financier and statesman William Waldorf Astor, 1st Baron Astor. He had already been created Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, in 1916, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His eldest son, the second Viscount, was the husband of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. the titles are held by their grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his
Astor College Astor College Astor College, previously known as Astor Secondary School, is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Dover, England. Astor Secondary School opened in 1948 and one of 2 new Secondary moderns founded in the immediate post-war years serving Dover, the other, Castlemount Secondary School, closed in 1991. The school trace its origins back to Christ Church National School and later Christchurch Church of England (C of E) Girls School. In 1929, Christchurch moved to Astor Avenue Elementary School, subsequently Astor Primary School, named after Lady Violet Astor, wife of Baron John Jacob Astor, 1st