John Jacob Astor IV IV was born on July 13, 1864 at his parents' country estate Ferncliff in Rhinebeck, New York. He was the youngest of five children and only son of businessman, collector, and race horse breeder/owner William Backhouse Astor, Jr. and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn. His four elder sisters were Emily, Helen, Charlotte, and Caroline ("Carrie"). He was a great-grandson of fur-trader John Jacob Astor and Sarah Cox Todd, whose fortune made the Astor family one of the wealthiest in the United States. Astor's paternal grandfather William Backhouse Astor, Sr. was a prominent real estate businessman. Through his paternal grandmother, Margaret
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