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2. Astor family - Wikipedia

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   The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, [1] the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.

3. Category:Astor family - Wikipedia

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   Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor; Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929) Samuel Ward (lobbyist) Matthew Astor Wilks; William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor; William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor; William A. Chanler; William Backhouse Astor Jr. William Backhouse Astor Sr. William Waldorf Astor; Ava Lowle Willing; Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness ...

4. William Waldorf Astor - Wikipedia

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   William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor [1] (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-English attorney, politician, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City .

5. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor - Wikipedia

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   Charlotte's son, William Waldorf Astor, felt that his own wife, Mary "Mamie" Dahlgren Paul, should be "the Mrs. Astor." With the death of John Jacob Astor III in 1890, William Waldorf Astor had inherited his father's share of the Astor holdings and, titularly, became the head of the Astor family. In his mind, this made Mamie "the Mrs. Astor."

6. William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor - Wikipedia

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   William Waldorf Astor III, 4th Viscount Astor (born 27 December 1951) is an English businessman and politician who sits as a Conservative hereditary Lord Temporal in the House of Lords. He is a member of the Astor family , which is known for its prominence in business, society, and politics in both the United States and the United Kingdom .

7. Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic sells for ...

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   A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...