Viscount Astor

Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in Kent, is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which is run by the Astor family.

Ancestral home of the family is Ginge House in Wantage in Oxfordshire.

Award

The title was created in 1917 for the American-British financier and politician William Waldorf Astor. This was as a member of the Astor family one of the richest men in the United States, but then emigrated from the UK. There he sat down to a considerable extent for charitable purposes a.

Subordinate title

Astor was already in the previous year to Baron Astor of Hever Castle also been in Kent, collected. This barony is now operated as a subordinate item.

List of Viscounts Astor (1917 )

  • William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor ( 1848-1919 )
  • Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ( 1879-1952 )
  • William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor ( 1907-1966 )
  • William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (* 1951)

The heir apparent is the eldest son of the current Viscount, Hon ( the Honorable ) William Waldorf Astor (* 1979).

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