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Astor, Viscount (UK, 1917)

Creation: let. pat. 23 Jun 1917

Family name: Astor

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Arms:

Or a Falcon resting on a Dexter Hand couped at the wrist proper gauntleted Gules in chief two Fleur-de-lys of the last

Crest:

From a Mount Vert a Falcon rising proper ensigned by three Mullets Gold

Supporters:

Dexter:  a North American Indian;  Sinister:  a North American fur trapper;  each habited accoutred and holding in the exterior hand a Rifle all proper

Motto:

Ad Astra (To the stars)

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William Waldorf [Astor], 1st Baron Astor later 1st Viscount Astor

only child of John Jacob Astor, of New York, USA, by his wife Charlotte Augusta Gibbes, dau. of Thomas Stanyarne Gibbes

born

31 Mar 1848

mar.

6 Jun 1878 Mary Dahlgren Paul (d. 22 Dec 1894), dau. of James William Paul, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

died

18 Oct 1919

created

26 Jan 1916 Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent

23 Jun 1917 Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent

suc. by

son

Waldorf [Astor], 2nd Viscount Astor

born

19 May 1879

mar.

3 May 1906 Nancy Witcher Shaw CH MP (former wife of Robert Gould Shaw;  d. 2 May 1964), dau. of Col Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, of Mirador, Greenwood, Virginia, USA

died

30 Sep 1952

suc. by

son

William Waldorf [Astor], 3rd Viscount Astor

born

13 Aug 1907

mar. (1)

14 Jun 1945 (div. 1953) Hon Sarah Katharine Elinor Norton (mar. (2) 17 Apr 1953 (div. 1965) Maj Thomas Michael Baring), only dau. of Richard Henry Brinsley [Norton], 6th Baron Grantley, by his wife Jean Mary Kinloch, 1st dau. of Brig Gen Sir David Alexander Kinloch of Gilmerton, 11th Bt. CB MVO, of Gilmerton House, Drem, co. East Lothian

mar. (2)

26 Apr 1955 (div. 1960) Philippa Victoria Hunloke, 1st dau. of Lt Col Henry Philip Hunloke MP, of Pendower House, Ruan High Lanes, co. Cornwall, by his wife Lady Anne Cavendish, 5th dau. of Victor Christian William [Cavendish], 9th Duke of Devonshire

mar. (3)

14 Oct 1960 Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh, dau. of His Honour Sir John Alun Pugh, of Dunsfold, co. Surrey

died

8 Mar 1966

suc. by

son by first wife

William Waldorf [Astor], 4th Viscount Astor

born

27 Dec 1951

mar.

14 Jan 1976 Annabel Lucy Veronica Sheffield (former wife of Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, 8th Bt.), dau. of Timothy Angus Jones, of Albert Street, London, by his wife (Patricia David) Pandora Clifford, 2nd dau. of Capt Hon Sir Bede Edmund Clifford GCMG CB MVO, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas 1931-37, Mauritius 1937-42 and Trinidad and Tobago 1942-46, of Queen Anne Farm, Jacob's Well, Guildford, co. Surrey(by his wife Alice Devin Gundry CStJ, dau. of John Murton Gundry, of Cleveland, Ohio, USA), 3rd son by his first wife of William Hugh [Clifford], 10th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

children

1. Hon William Waldorf Astor (b. 19 Jan 1979), mar. 5 Sep 2009 Lohralee Stutz, dau. of Serge-Alian Stutz, and has issue:

1a. William Waldorf Astor (b. 4 May 2012)

2. Hon James Jacob Astor (b. 4 Mar 1981)

1. Hon Flora Katherine Astor (b. 7 Jun 1976)

note

elected to the House of Lords 1999

Last updated 25 May 2012

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Titles:

4th Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 23 Jun 1917)

4th Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 26 Jan 1916)

Address:

Ginge Manor, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8QT

Tel:  01235 833228

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