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The great-grandson of John Jacob I, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), moved to England in 1890, becoming an influential newspaper proprietor and taking British citizenship in 1899. In 1917 he was created Viscount Astor of Hever. His son, the 2nd Viscount (1879–1952), married Nancy Shaw (née Langhorne) (1879–1964), daughter of a VA planter.
William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (William Waldorf Astor III; born 27 December 1951); he married Annabel Jones on 14 January 1976. William married Phillipa Victoria Hunloke (10 December 1930 – 20 July 2005, whose maternal grandfather was Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ) on 26 April 1955 and they were divorced on 3 June 1960.
17 de jun. de 2016 · Biography. William Waldorf III is the son of William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907—1966) and Sarah Kathleen Elinor Norton (1920—2013). From his father's later marriages, he has three younger half-sisters: Emily (born 1956), Janet (born 1961), and Pauline (born 1964). From his mother's remarriage to Thomas Michael Baring, he has a younger ...
Astor left parliament for a time, but returned as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wycombe in the 1951 general election, serving for ten months. On his father"s death in 1952, he inherited his title, becoming the 3rd Viscount Astor. During the 1963 Profumo Affair Astor was accused of having an affair with Mandy Rice-Davies.
16 de abr. de 2024 · William Waldorf Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor (born 13 August 1907, died 7 March 1966) Hon Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (born 22 March 1909, died 2 March 1975) Hon Francis David Langhorne Astor (born 5 March 1912, died 6 December 2001)
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
William Waldorf Astor III, 4th Viscount Astor (born 27 December 1951) is an English businessman and politician who sits as a Conservative hereditary Lord Temporal in the House of Lords. He is a member of the Astor family, which is known for its prominence in business, society, and politics in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
