Ancestral Trails 2016 » William Waldorf II ASTOR (1907-1966)

Personal data William Waldorf II ASTOR 


Household of William Waldorf II ASTOR

(1) He is married to Phillipa Victoria HUNLOKE.

They got married on April 26, 1955, he was 47 years old.


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(2) He is married to (Not public).

They got married on October 14, 1960, he was 53 years old.


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Notes about William Waldorf II ASTOR

William Waldorf 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.

William was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne (by marriage, Viscountess Astor). He was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford.

Political career
In 1932, Astor was appointed secretary to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, at a League of Nations Committee of Enquiry in what was then known as Manchuria. First elected to the House of Commons in 1935, he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East until 1945. Between 1936 and 1937 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Samuel Hoare, who was then made Home Secretary in the new cabinet of Neville Chamberlain in 1937.

In World War II, he served as a naval intelligence officer, acquiring no distinction, but gaining many influential contacts. He returned as the Conservative MP for Wycombe in the 1951 general election, serving for ten months. On his father's death in 1952, he inherited his title, becoming the 3rd Viscount Astor and Baron Astor. He took his seat in the House of Lords, forcing a by-election in Wycombe, which was won by the Conservative candidate John Hall.

During the 1963 Profumo Affair, Astor was accused of having an affair with Mandy Rice-Davies. In response to being told during one of the trials arising out of the scandal that Astor had denied having an affair with her, Rice-Davies famously replied, "He would, wouldn't he?"

Astor then took over the family's Cliveden estate in Buckinghamshire, where he and his family continued to live until 1966. Active in thoroughbred horse racing, he inherited Cliveden Stud, a horse farm and breeding operation in the village of Taplow near Maidenhead.

Marriages and children
Astor married three times:

William married Sarah Norton (20 January 1920-4 February 2013; daughter of Richard, 6th Baron Grantley) on 14 June 1945 and they were divorced in 1953. They have one son, three grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren:
William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (William Waldorf Astor III; born 27 December 1951) he married Annabel Jones on 14 January 1976. They have three children and nine grandchildren.

William remarried Phillipa Victoria Hunloke (10 December 1930-20 July 2005, whose maternal grandfather was Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire) on 26 April 1955 and they were divorced on 3 June 1960. They have one daughter and four grandchildren:
The Hon Emily Mary Astor (born 9 June 1956) she married Alan M. C. L. Gregory in 1984. She remarried James Anderson in 1988 and they were divorced in 1996. They have four children:
Thomas Alexander Anderson (born 1990)
Rory John Anderson (born 2 November 1991)
Liza Kate Anderson (born 1993)
Isobel Nancy Anderson (born 1993)

William Astor remarried, finally Bronwen Alun-Pugh on 14 October 1960. They have two daughters and seven grandchildren:
The Honorable Janet Elizabeth Astor (born 1 December 1961) she married Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara in 1991. They are now Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon; they have four children.
The Honorable Pauline Marian Astor (born 26 March 1964) she married George C. V. Case on 13 October 1990. They have three daughters:
Magdalena Beatrice Case (born 1994)
Nancy Mary Case (born 30 December 1996)
Margo Rose Case (born 8 October 2000)

Astor died in Nassau, Bahamas, at age 58 from a heart attack and was buried in the Octagon Temple at Cliveden. His son succeeded him in the viscountcy
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Astor,_3rd_Viscount_Astor

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Waldorf II ASTOR

William Waldorf II ASTOR
1907-1966

(1) 1955

Phillipa Victoria HUNLOKE
1930-2005

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(2) 1960
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Birthday August 13, 1907

  • The temperature on August 13, 1907 was between 14.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
    • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
    • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Day of marriage October 14, 1960

  • The temperature on October 14, 1960 was between 4.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
    • March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
    • April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
    • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
    • August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
    • September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.

Day of death March 7, 1966

  • The temperature on March 7, 1966 was between 4.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • February 28 » A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
    • March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
    • April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
    • August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
    • November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
    • November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.


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