Edward Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings

He had many interests, including politics, ballet, charity work, Italy, and renovating Seaton Delaval Hall.

He worked for the Gold Coast Selection Trust in the City of London, and joined the supplementary reserve of the Coldstream Guards in the 1930s.

He returned to England when the Second World War broke out, arriving home shortly before the evacuation from Dunkirk.

He transferred to Intelligence Corps, and was posted to North Africa and then Italy, where his language skills became valuable.

They married in 1954[8] and honeymooned on Elba, where he later built a holiday villa for his family, including three children and his two stepchildren.

[9] He spent more time in England after he succeeded to the titles on his father's death in 1956, although Melton Constable Hall had been sold to the Duke of Westminster in 1948.

He continued to run his farm through the years of UDI and civil war, finally selling it to the Government of Zimbabwe in 1982.

He became patron of the Camphill Villages Trust, donating Thornage Hall near Fakenham in Norfolk and surrounding land.