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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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Há 4 dias · John Jacob Astor IV left behind a fortune estimated at over $150 million (equivalent to over $4 billion today). The bulk of his wealth and business interests passed to his eldest son Vincent. The 20-year-old Vincent Astor suddenly found himself one of the richest men in America, inheriting an estate that included The Waldorf-Astoria and St. Regis.
Há 6 dias · William Waldorf Astor proceeded to irritate his cousin John Jacob Astor by building a 13-story hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street, on a residential block where John Jacob’s...
21 de mai. de 2024 · The Astor was built by William Waldorf Astor in 1901. Astor hired architects Clinton and Russell to design a two-towered grey brick structure crowned by an elaborate decorative cornice.
Há 6 dias · While it is the least well-maintained of the surviving Astor buildings, a memento of its high-society origins remains: high above the neglected grounds, the monogram of William Waldorf...
17 de mai. de 2024 · 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.
23 de mai. de 2024 · New York financiers J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and William Waldorf Astor, among others, pledged $15 million to finance the fair if Congress awarded it to New York, while Chicagoans Charles T. Yerkes, Marshall Field, Philip Armour, Gustavus Swift, and Cyrus McCormick, Jr., offered to finance a Chicago fair
