Violet Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever DStJ (née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, styled Lady Charles Fitzmaurice between 1909 and 1914 and Lady Charles Mercer Nairne between 1914 and 1918; 28 May 1889 – 3 January 1965), was an English aristocrat.
The Lady Astor of Hever
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Born | Violet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1889-05-28)28 May 1889 |
Died | 3 January 1965(1965-01-03) (aged 75) |
Spouses |
(m. 1909; died 1914)
(m. 1918) |
Children | Mary Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever Hugh Waldorf Astor John Astor |
Parent(s) | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Mary Caroline Grey |
Relatives | See Astor family |
Violet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound was born on 28 May 1889, the third of the five children of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy and Governor-General of India and Governor General of Canada,[1] by his wife Mary Caroline Grey, a daughter of General Charles Grey, the second son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.[2]
She married twice:
She died on 3 January 1965 at her villa in Pégomas, near Grasse[7] in the South of France.