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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

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About William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor was an American-English attorney, politician, diplomat, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City. He moved to England in 1891, became a British subject in 1899, and was made a peer as Baron Astor in 1916 and Viscount Astor in 1917 for his contributions to war charities. The census-designated place of Waldorf, Maryland is named after him.

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Occupation: politician, diplomat, writer, lawyer
Position held: member of the State Senate of New York, member of the New York State Assembly, United States Ambassador to Italy, member of the House of Lords
Citizenship: United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: March 31, 1848, 1848
Died: October 18, 1919, 1919

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