Matthew Astor Wilks acre estate known as Cruickston Park and mansion designed by Detlef Lienau. Through his mother, Wilks was great-grandson of America's first millionaire John Jacob Astor, the fur trader and real estate magnet. Among his first cousins were DeLancey Astor Kane, Woodbury Kane, S. Nicholson Kane, and John Jacob Astor IV. His father, an English gentleman, was the son of a reverend and was born in London. Wilks, who inherited several million dollars from his family, began buying up property in lower Manhattan in 1876. He torn down the various mixed buildings and commissioned architect Charles W. Clinton to build a
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