Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

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British politician human member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom member of the House of Lords newspaper proprietor peer

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
2nd Viscount Astor	1
Viscount Astor	1
Waldorf Astor	1

Statements (54)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1879-05-19 ⓘ
birthPlace	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Cliveden estate cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	Francis David Langhorne Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever ⓘ Michael Langhorne Astor ⓘ Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ surface form: Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ
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, 1st Viscount Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
succeededBy	Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Cliveden House → associatedWith → Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ

David Astor → father → Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Waldorf Astor

Astor family → hasNotableMember → Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ

Astor family → hasTitle → Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viscount Astor

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → honorificTitle → Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Viscount Astor