Major Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII, MBE, ERD (29 August 1918 – 10 September 2000) was an English politician and sportsman.

[1][2] John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII was born 29 August 1918 at Cliveden, the family estate in Buckinghamshire.

[2] Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, Astor then served in the Special Air Service[5] and the Life Guards during World War II.

[6] In 1945, Astor contested the Plymouth Sutton seat in the British House of Commons that had been held by both his parents.

He married firstly on 23 October 1944 to Ana Inez "Chiquita" Carcano y Morra (1918–1992),[10] daughter of the Argentine ambassador (from 1942 to 1946) and a prominent Catholic laywoman, which hurt his relationship with his mother.