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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) 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.
- William Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (19 May 1879 — 30...
- Viscount Astor
His eldest son Waldorf, the second Viscount, was the husband...
- William Waldorf Astor
Conteúdo. ocultar. Início. Família e primeiros anos. Casamento e filhos. Carreira política. Referências. Waldorf Astor, 2.º Visconde Astor ( Nova Iorque, 19 de maio de 1879 – Taplow, 30 de setembro de 1952) foi um editor e político americano naturalizado britânico. Família e primeiros anos.
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (19 May 1879 — 30 September 1952) Pauline Astor (24 September 1880 — 5 May 1972), married soldier and politician Herbert Spender-Clay (1875–1937) in 1904. They had three daughters. John Rudolph Astor (28 September 1881 died 28 December 1881), buried in Trinity Church Cemetery.
His eldest son Waldorf, the second Viscount, was the husband of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. As of 2017, the titles are held by their grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1966.
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.
15 de mai. de 2024 · Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was a member of Parliament (1910–19) and an agricultural expert whose Cliveden home was a meeting place during the late 1930s for Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and supporters of his policy of “appeasement” toward Adolf Hitler.
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See Astor family. Alma mater. Eton College. Occupation. Politician, businessman. 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.
