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Biographie. Fils de William Waldorf Astor, il suit ses études à Eton et à New College ( Oxford ). Il est membre de la Chambre des communes de 1910 à 1919. Lorsque son ami David Lloyd George devient premier ministre, Astor est désigné comme secrétaire privé parlementaire . En 1919, il succède à son père dans le titre de vicomte Astor ...
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.
7 de jul. de 2023 · Live Broadcast: July 7, 2023Presented by: Curt DiCamilloWilliam Waldorf Astor was one of those rare beings who passed into legend during his own lifetime. Th...
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William Waldorf Astor was one of those rare beings who passed into legend during his own lifetime. The richest man in the world by the early 20th century, he was a great grandson of Johann Jakob Astor, the illiterate German butcher’s son who immigrated to New York in 1783, founded the famous Astor dynasty, and became the first American multi-millionaire.
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. [a] [1] Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II ...
O Waldorf Astoria New York é um hotel de luxo localizado em Manhattan, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos. O primeiro Waldorf Astoria foi construído em dois estágios como dois hotéis diferentes, primeiro o Waldorf Hotel e depois o Astoria Hotel, dando origem ao nome duplo. A localização original era na propriedade da família Astor na Quinta ...
Nancy was born in Danville on May 19, 1879, to Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher (Keene )Langhorne. The Langhorne family lived in Richmond and at Mirador in Albemarle County. Her first marriage, in 1897 to Robert Gould Shaw of Boston, ended in divorce. In 1906 Nancy married American expatriate Waldorf Astor.
