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Há 5 dias · Aristocrat, Businessman, Politician. Nationality: english. Cemetery: Maidenhead, Cliveden Chapel (Octagon Temple) William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor (13 August 1907 – 7 March 1966) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was also a member of the Astor family.
Há 3 dias · Disenchanted with New York City, Waldorf moved to England. Ultimately, he was able to basically buy his way to a peerage, becoming Viscount Astor. That title lives on today. William Jr had a son named, you guessed it, John Jacob Astor IV. Known as Jack, he is most famous for dying on the Titanic. Before he died, he had a child named Vincent Astor.
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. He was the elder son of William.
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15 de mai. de 2024 · Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England) was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit. In 1897 she married Robert Gould Shaw of Boston, from whom she ...
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2 de mai. de 2024 · In 1906, the Sancy Diamond was bought by William Waldorf Astor, the 1st Viscount Astor, the American-born British socialite, from famous Russian collector A.K.Rudanovsky, and the Sancy Diamond was set by Cartier into this striking Belle Epoque Diamond Tiara.
Há 1 dia · 1. Peacock Alley, a 300-ft Corridor Merged Two Hotels. Photo from Library of Congress. In 1893, William Waldorf Astor hired renowned architect Henry Hardenbergh, who would later design The...
13 de mai. de 2024 · Portrait of John Jacob Astor by Gilbert Stuart, published by William Waldorf Astor, 1899. PR 52 Portrait File. Image via New-York Historical Society.
