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Hever Castle has played host to many important events and celebrations for over 600 years. In 1903 when William Waldorf Astor set about restoring Hever Castle to its former glory, he added the Astor Wing, to accommodate his family and guests, before creating a lake and the spectacular Italian Garden to house his impressive collection of ancient Greek and Roman statuary.
Algum tempo depois, William Waldorf imigrou para o Reino Unido e acabou conseguindo o título de Visconde Astor. Seus descendentes britânicos foram donos do jornal The Observer, enquanto Nancy Astor, esposa de Waldorf Astor, 2.º Visconde Astor, tornou-se a primeira mulher na história a ocupar um lugar na Câmara dos Comuns.
William Waldorf Astor, 31 Mar 1848 - 18 Oct 1919 Date c. 1875 Type Photograph Medium Albumen silver print Dimensions Image/Sheet: 14.8 × 10.2 cm (5 ...
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount. Categories: Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property. Countries: Italy, USA. Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family. Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts. On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf Hotel on the site of the ...
After a rapid courtship, the two married in May 1906. As a wedding gift, Waldorf's father gave him and his bride the Sancy diamond and the family estate at Cliveden, which Nancy redecorated and modernised with the installation of electricity. William Waldorf Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor (13 August 1907 — 7 March 1966)
15 de mar. de 2023 · William Waldorf Astor invested a great deal of time and money to restore the castle, building what is known as the "Tudor Village" and creating a lake and lavish gardens. In 1905 he gave his son William Waldorf Astor II and his new daughter-in-law, the former Nancy Langhorne, the Cliveden estate as a wedding present.
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).
