She was the daughter of an Earl and married twice, first to Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, and then to John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. Violet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound was born on 28 May 1889 to Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Mary Caroline Grey.
Astor was the mother of five children, including George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever. They had two children:
Mary Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910–2003)
George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912–1997). Her husband was killed in action on 30 October 1914 while fighting in World War I.
They had three sons:
Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (born 1 June 1918, died 28 June 1984), married Lady Irene Haig, youngest daughter of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Dorothy Maud Vivian, and had five children including John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII
Lieutenant.Col.
Honorary
Hugh Waldorf Astor (born 20 November 1920, died 7 June 1999), married Emily Lucy Kinloch, a niece of Diana Vreeland, and had five children. Honorary John Astor (born 26 September 1923, died 27 December 1987), married Diana Kathleen Drummond, a grandniece of Herbert Samuel Holt, and had three children. She died on 3 January 1965 in her villa at Pégomas, near Grasse.
Lord Astor died on 19 July 1971.
