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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.
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- John Jacob Astor III, Charlotte Augusta Gibbes
- The 2nd Viscount Astor
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 ...
- Estados Unidos, Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda
- 31 de março de 1848, Nova Iorque
- 18 de outubro de 1919 (71 anos), Brighton
- John Jacob Astor III, Charlotte Augusta Gibbs
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: “…
Overview. The building was constructed on Temple Place by John Loughborough Pearson for William Waldorf Astor, in 1895. Originally known as the Astor Estate Office, it had a residential flat above the offices for Viscount Astor's use (Pevsner). It consists of two floors and a lower ground floor and is designed after the Early Elizabethan style.
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.
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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.
30 de set. de 2020 · It is a neo-gothic Victorian mansion built in 1895 by arguably the richest man in the world at the time: William Waldorf Astor. From the outside Two Temple Place looks like a small medieval stronghold, with its crenellations and sturdy but ornate stone exterior. The interior however is where the magic truly lies.
