Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount
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ASTOR, WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR, 1ST VISCOUNT 1848 1919, American-British financier, b...He was made a baron in 1916 and a viscount in 1917. His elder son, Waldorf Astor, 1879 1952, succeeded him as viscount and was a leader of...