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About Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr. They had five children, including Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, who perished on the RMS Titanic. Through her marriage, she was a member of the Astor family and matriarch of the American Astors.
Everything about Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor →- Occupation
- socialite
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 22, 1830
- Died
- October 30, 1908