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.
Dromore Castle (County Clare) Dromore Castle (County Clare) Dromore Castle is a tower house and National Monument located between the towns of Crusheen and Corofin in County Clare, Ireland. Today, it is administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service as part of the Dromore Wood Nature Reserve. Dromore Castle is located on a peninsula in the northern part of Dromore Lake, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) east of Ruan. It lies within the Nature Preserve of Dromore Wood. Dromore townland lies between the towns of Crusheen and Corofin, west of the M18 motorway and north of Ennis. Dromore Castle was probably constructed in the