Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was a British Conservative politician, newspaper proprietor, and influential member of the Anglo-American Astor dynasty who became the first person to sit in Parliament representing the constituency later famously held by his wife, Nancy Astor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
human
member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
member of the House of Lords
newspaper proprietor
peer
birthCountry United States of America
birthDate 1879-05-19
birthPlace New York City
burialPlace Cliveden estate cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Francis David Langhorne Astor
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
Michael Langhorne Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
surface form: Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor self-linksurface differs
surface form: William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
surface form: First World War

Second Boer War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
deathDate 1952-09-30
deathPlace Cliveden House
surface form: Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
educatedAt Eton College
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
electedIn January 1910 United Kingdom general election
surface form: 1910 United Kingdom general election

1918 United Kingdom general election
ethnicGroup Anglo-American
familyName Astor
father William Waldorf Astor
surface form: William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
givenName Waldorf
honorificTitle Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2nd Viscount Astor
memberOf Astor family
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryService British Army
mother Mary Dahlgren Paul
occupation landowner
newspaper owner
politician
owned Pall Mall Gazette
The Observer
parliamentaryTermEnd 1919
parliamentaryTermStart 1910
positionHeld Lord Mayor
surface form: Lord Mayor of Plymouth

Member of Parliament for Plymouth
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
reasonForLeavingParliament succession to peerage
residence Cliveden House
surface form: Cliveden

Hever Castle
Plymouth
sibling John Rudolph Astor
Pauline Astor
spouse Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
succeededBy Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

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Subject: Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Description of subject: Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was a British Conservative politician, newspaper proprietor, and influential member of the Anglo-American Astor dynasty who became the first person to sit in Parliament representing the constituency later famously held by his wife, Nancy Astor.

Referenced by (12)

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

Astor family hasNotableMember Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Astor family hasTitle Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
this entity surface form: Viscount Astor
Cliveden House associatedWith Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor honorificTitle Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor child Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor
David Astor father Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
this entity surface form: Waldorf Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor precededBy Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor spouse Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever sibling Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Astor hasNotableMember Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
subject surface form: Astor family
Astor hasTitle Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
subject surface form: Astor family
this entity surface form: Viscount Astor
William Waldorf Astor child Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor