John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford. Upon his father's death in 1919, John Jacob V inherited Hever Castle near Edenbridge, Kent, where he lived the life of an English country gentleman. John Jacob Astor V represented Great Britain in rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the men's doubles competition together with Vane Pennell, and winning bronze in the men's singles event. Astor had been the British Public Schools rackets champion in 1904–05, and in the same year as his Olympic competition he played singles and doubles in the British Army rackets championships.
HMS Hever Castle (K521) a Chinese flag and renamed "Ta Lung". Converted to a cargo ship, the vessel had a gross register tonnage of 1,305 tons. The ship was renamed "Wan Lee" in 1947 and was taken over by the Communist Chinese government in 1949. The ship remained listed until 1968, however, following that the ship's existence remained doubtful even though it was reported on until 1977–78. Miramar claims the ship was wrecked on 12 April 1948 at . HMS Hever Castle (K521) HMS "Hever Castle was a constructed for the British Royal Navy in the Second World War. Transferred to the Royal Canadian