William Waldorf Astor

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American emigrant to the United Kingdom British peer financier human newspaper owner politician

William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.

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Label Occurrences
William Waldorf Astor canonical 8
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American emigrant to the United Kingdom ⓘ
British peer ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
newspaper owner ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1848-03-31 ⓘ
birthPlace New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Cliveden House ⓘ
surface form: Cliveden
child John Rudolph Astor ⓘ
Pauline Astor ⓘ
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 1919-10-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Columbia College

Columbia Law School ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
elevatedToPeerage 1916 ⓘ
familyName Astor ⓘ
father John Jacob Astor III ⓘ
fullName William Waldorf Astor self-link ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heritage German-American ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Astor family ⓘ
mother Charlotte Augusta Gibbes ⓘ
movedTo 1890 ⓘ
England ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Astor ⓘ
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever ⓘ
surface form: Baron Astor
notableFor being one of the wealthiest men of his era ⓘ
developing Cliveden as a major country estate ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
financier ⓘ
newspaper proprietor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned The Observer ⓘ
Pall Mall Gazette ⓘ
surface form: The Pall Mall Gazette
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld United States Ambassador to Italy ⓘ
surface form: United States Minister to Italy

member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
member of the New York State Senate ⓘ
residence Cliveden House ⓘ
surface form: Cliveden

Hever Castle ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
spouse Mary Dahlgren Paul ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cliveden House → purchasedBy → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
Hever Castle → ownedBy → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
Hever Castle → associatedWith → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
Hever Castle → restoredBy → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → father → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
William Backhouse Astor Jr. → notableRelative → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever → father → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
Waldorf, Maryland → renamedAfter → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
William Waldorf Astor → fullName → William Waldorf Astor self-link ⓘ
Waldorf → namedAfter → William Waldorf Astor ⓘ