Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever the rank of captain. Business positions included the chairmanship of the Times Publishing Company and life presidency of Times Newspapers Ltd. He was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex in 1955. He inherited the barony and Hever Castle in Kent on the death of his father in 1971. In 1955, he founded the Astor of Hever Trust, a charity aimed to collect donations for arts, medicine, religion, education, conservation, youth, and sport. Astor married Lady Irene Haig (1919–2001), youngest daughter of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), and Dorothy Maud Vivian (1879–1939), on 4 October 1945. They had five
Hever Golf Rose took the lead a furlong out and won by one and a half lengths from the Prix de l'Abbaye winner Kistena. Hever Golf Rose was in foal to Danehill in 1998, but still ran in five races. She recorded her last win when taking her second Täby Varsprint in June and ended her career later in the same month when running unplaced in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Hever Golf Rose was voted European Champion Sprinter in the 1995 cartier Racing Awards. Hever Golf Rose was covered by Danehill in spring 1998, before her final year of racing.