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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles.
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.
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles.
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 .
[4] His eldest son Waldorf, the second Viscount, was the husband of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. As of 2017, the titles are held by their grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1966.
Inheriting the vast fortunes of the Astor family was just the beginning for William Waldorf Astor. Educated and raised in Europe, he found the - Anglotopia Magazine, Edwardian Era, Great Britons, Interwar Period, Modern Britain
4 July 1973 - Present. Party affiliation. Conservative. Viscount Astor's full title is The Viscount Astor. His name is William Waldorf Astor, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
The new Viscount Astor became a founder member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and an active supporter of the League of Nations. He also developed a keen interest in agriculture. The Astors hosted frequent gatherings of politicians, journalists and academics, and in the later thirties the 'Cliveden set' were known mainly for ...
Astor, Waldorf, (1879-1952), 2nd Viscount Astor. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including...
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor. after Philip Alexius de László photograph, 1931 or before 11 in. x 9 1/8 in. (278 mm x 232 mm) paper size Given by Lord Astor, 1951 Reference Collection NPG D7421
