New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County Police and Emergency Medical Services Division Headquarters and the emergency communications center supporting 911 services. The present building opened in 2007 with a construction cost of . The Headquarters occupied a former elementary school building on the same site prior to erection of the current building. New Castle is a Democratic-leaning county. Because its population is almost double the combined population of Kent and Sussex, the winner in New Castle County has also won Delaware overall in each of the last seventeen presidential elections. In 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2016, the Republican candidate carried Kent and Sussex,
Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever 12 days old), the youngest of four children of military officer Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), and Dorothy Maud Vivian (1879–1939). Her brother was George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918–2009). During World War II she worked for the Red Cross and was also involved in the Girls' Training Corps. She married Gavin Astor, later the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, eldest son of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886–1971), and Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1889–1965) on 4 October 1945. She became Lady Astor of Hever when her husband succeeded to the barony on the death of his