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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-English attorney, politician, businessman (hotels and newspapers), and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City.
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.
Há 5 dias · 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. He was the elder son of William.
William Waldorf "Willy" Astor [1] (Nova Iorque, 31 de março de 1848 — Brighton, East Sussex, 18 de outubro de 1919) foi um rico advogado, político, empresário e editor de jornal americano. Ele se mudou com sua família para a Inglaterra em 1891, tornou-se cidadão britânico em 1899, e foi feito Par do Reino em 1916 por suas ...
Only three generations of property development later, the William Waldorf Astor of Two Temple Place was part of one of the richest ever dynasties in US history, inheriting a vast fortune in 1890. Interviewing Astor at Two Temple Place for his 1906 book, The Future in America, H.G. Wells wrote: “…
William Waldorf Astor was a sensitive and cultured man who immersed himself in art, architecture, and literature. In the process, he created some of the finest houses, gardens, and collections in the world (and founded the legendary Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York).
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount. views 1,331,917 updated. William Waldorf Astor Astor, 1st Viscount, 1848–1919, American-British financier, b. New York City, educated in Germany and in Italy and at the Columbia law school; son of John Jacob Astor (1822–90).
