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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was devoted to charitable projects, and with his more famous wife Nancy became a prominent fixture in upper class English society.
Waldorf Astor, II visconte Astor ( New York, 19 maggio 1879 – Taplow, 30 settembre 1952 ), è stato un politico britannico di nascita americana e proprietario di giornali.
William Waldorf Astor (ur. 19 maja 1879 w Nowym Jorku, zm. 30 września 1952 w Taplow) – brytyjski polityk i magnat prasowy. Był synem Williama Waldorfa „Willy'ego” Astora i Mary Dahlgren Paul. Uczęszczał do Eton College i New College w Oksfordzie. W 1906 ożenił się z Nancy Astor. Małżeństwo miało pięcioro dzieci.
13 de mai. de 2024 · The original Waldorf Salad was invented in 1893 at the Waldorf Hotel by it’s famous maître d'hôtel, Oscar Tschirky. We’ll discuss the Astor family rivalry that built the Waldorf-Astoria hotel before it was demolished to make room for the Empire State Building.
Viscountess Astor (1879–1964) was the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons. Nancy was born in Danville on May 19, 1879, to Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher (Keene )Langhorne.
1300. O Waldorf–Astoria foi um hotel de luxo localizado em Manhattan, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos. Ele na verdade se originou como dois hotéis, o Waldorf Hotel e o Astoria Hotel, construídos lado a lado por parentes rivais, o primeiro em 1893 e o segundo em 1897, ambos na Quinta Avenida. O Waldorf–Astoria foi fechado e demolido em 1929 ...
John Jacob Astor (1822–90), son of William Backhouse Astor, increased the fortune to between $75 million and $100 million. He was a more active philanthropist than his predecessors, making substantial gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Trinity Church as well as to the Astor Library. His son, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), was ...
