The Astor family achieved prominence in

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, and politics in the

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and the

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during the 19th and 20th centuries. With

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roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with

John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting History of opiu ...

, one of the wealthiest people in history.

Founding family members

John Wesley Jarvis - John Jacob Astor - Google Art Project

(born Johann Jakob Astor) was the youngest of four sons born to Johann Jacob Astor (1724–1816) and Maria Magdalena vom Berg (1730–1764). The Astor family can trace their ancestry back to Giovan Asdour (1595–1668) and Gretta Ursula Asdour (1589–?). Giovan was born in

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, Italy, and died in

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, Switzerland. Their son, Hans Pieter Asdor, was born in Switzerland and died in

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. John Jacob and his brother George, born in

Walldorf Walldorf (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Walldoaf'') is a town in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. In the eighteenth century, Walldorf was the birthplace of John J ...

left Germany and moved to

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in 1778. There, they established a flute making company. In 1783, John Jacob left for

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, leaving his brother in charge of the London business, and was active first as a dealer in

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s, then in New York as a merchant in

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s, and real estate. After moving to New York, John met and married Sarah Cox Todd (1762–1842). She worked alongside her husband as a consultant, and was accused of witchcraft after her success with the company in 1817. The accusations never led to legal action. They had eight children, including John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869) and real estate businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875). John Jacob's fur trading company established a

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...

trading post at

Fort Astoria Fort Astoria (also named Fort George) was the primary Fur trade, fur trading post of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company (PFC). A maritime contingent of PFC staff was sent on board the ''Tonquin (1807 ship), Tonquin'', while another party tra ...

in 1811, the first United States community on the Pacific coast. He financed the overland Astor Expedition in 1810–1812 to reach the outpost, which was in the then-disputed

Oregon Country Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long Oregon boundary dispute, dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been demarcat ...

. Control of Fort Astoria played a key role in British and American territorial claims on the region. John and George's brother Henry (born Heinrich) (1754–1833) also emigrated to America. Henry was a

horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...

enthusiast, and purchased a

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named

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, who had been brought from England to America in 1788. The horse became the founding sire of all

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horses in the United States today. The third brother Melchior remained in Germany. During the 19th century, the Astors became one of the wealthiest families in the

. Toward the end of that century, some of the family moved from America to England and achieved high prominence there. During the 20th century, the number of American Astors began to decline, but their legacy lives on in their many public works including the

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. British descendants of the Astors hold two

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ages:

Viscount Astor Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the financier and statesman William Waldorf Astor, 1st Baron Astor. He had already been created Baron Astor, of ...

and

Baron Astor of Hever Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for John Jacob Astor, a prominent newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician. He was the fourth child of W ...

. While many Astor family members joined the Episcopal Church, John Jacob Astor remained a member of a Reformed congregation to his death.Reformed Congregation James Parton
Life of John Jacob Astor: To which is appended a Copy of his last will
(The American News Comp., 1865), pg. 81

Family namesake places

For many years, the members of the Astor family were known as "the landlords of New York". Their New York City namesakes are the famous

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel and condominium residence in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York. The structure, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, is a 47-story, Art Deco landmark des ...

, and

Astor Row Astor Row is a group of 28 row houses on the south side of West 130th Street, between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Lenox Avenue (Manhattan), Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which were among the first speculativ ...

Astor Court The Astor Court, located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is a re-creation of a Ming dynasty-style, Chinese-garden courtyard. It is also known as the Ming Hall (明軒). The first permanent cultural exchange between the U.S. a ...

Astor Place Astor Place is a street in NoHo/ East Village, in the lower part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is divided into two sections: One segment runs from Broadway in the west (just below East 8th Street) to Lafayette Street, an ...

, and Astor Avenue in the

Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

, where the Astors stabled horses. The neighborhood of

Astoria, Queens Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City, Queens, Long Island C ...

, was renamed to incite John Jacob Astor to invest there. Beyond New York City, the Astor family name is imprinted in a great deal of United States history and geography. Astor Street, in Chicago's landmark Gold Coast district, is named after John Jacob Astor. There are towns of Astor in the states of

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

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Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

, and

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

and there are Astorias in

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

, and

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

. In Astoria, Oregon, the primary elementary school, a filming location for the 1990 film

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, is called John Jacob Astor Elementary. The city is also home to the

Astoria Column The Astoria Column is a tower in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of a city park called Astor Pa ...

. In Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, there was a secondary state school named Astor of Hever School. It was located within Oakwood Park, a former residence of the Astor family, which the family gifted to the Borough of Maidstone to be used for educational purposes. Whilst the Astor of Hever School changed its name in the early 2010s, it is still located on the Oakwood Park Estate, along with a Grammar School, a Catholic Secondary school and the Maidstone campus of Mid-Kent College. At one time the Oakwood Park Estate also contained an educational farm attached to the Astor of Hever School. There is a neighborhood called Astor Park just south of downtown Green Bay,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

. At the heart of this neighborhood is a park (also called "Astor Park"); the Astor family donated this land for the building of a trade school. The Astors were also prominent on

Mackinac Island Mackinac Island ( , ; ; ; ) is an island and resort area, covering in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle". It is located in ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

, and

Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and nort ...

, with their summer house,

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. At

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on Mackinac Island, there are the Lord and Lady Astor Suites; the hotel salon is called Astor's. There is even a Hostel in

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

, England called The Astor. In addition, a dormitory at St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, bears Astor's name. The

Danubius Hotel Astoria Danubius Hotel Astoria is a four-star hotel in the centre of Budapest, which opened on 14 March 1914. It has 138 rooms, including three suites. The hotel served as the headquarters of the Hungarian National Council during the stormy days of Octo ...

in the center of Pest, Budapest, Hungary, opened in 1914, was given its name by the original hotel owners and Mihály Gellér, the first General Manager of the hotel, who formerly worked for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. In Shanghai, China there is the Astor House Hotel in the Bund.

Mount Astor The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on ...

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was named after

Vincent Astor William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family. Early life Called Vincent, he was born in New York City on November 15, 1891. Astor was the eld ...

by the explorer

Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader cr ...

Astor family tree

* John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848) **Magdalena Astor (1788–1832) *** Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874) ** William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875) ***Emily Astor (1819–1841) **** Margaret Astor "Maddie" Ward (1838–1875) ***** John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935) *****

Winthrop Astor Chanler Winthrop Astor Chanler (October 14, 1863 – August 24, 1926) was an American sportsman and soldier who fought in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Chanler, a descendant of many prominent American families including the Dudley–Winthr ...

(1863–1926) ****** Theodore Chanler (1902–1961) ***** William Astor "Willie" Chanler Sr. (1867–1934) ***** Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Sr. (1869–1942) *****

Margaret Chanler Aldrich Margaret Livingston Aldrich, also known as Angel of Puerto Rico ( Chanler; October 31, 1870 – March 19, 1963), was an American philanthropist, poet, nurse, and woman's suffrage advocate and prominent member of the Astor family. She was primari ...

(1870–1963) *****

Robert Winthrop Chanler Robert Winthrop Chanler (February 22, 1872 – October 24, 1930) was an American artist and member of the Astor family, Astor and Thomas Dudley, Dudley–Winthrop families. A designer and muralist, Chanler received much of his art training in Fra ...

(1872–1930) ***

John Jacob Astor III John Jacob Astor III (June 10, 1822 – February 22, 1890) was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation. Ea ...

(1822–1890) **** William Waldorf Astor I (1848–1919) *****

Waldorf Astor Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was d ...

(1879–1952) ****** William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II (1907–1966) ******* William Waldorf Astor III (born 1951) ********Flora Katherine Astor (born 1976) ********William Waldorf "Will" Astor IV (born 1979) ******** James Jacob Astor (born 1981) ******Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor, Countess of Ancaster (1909–1975) *******

Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby ( ; born 1 December 1934), is a British aristocratic landowner related to the Astor family and former member of the House of Lords. Lady Willoughby de Eresby h ...

(born 1938) ******

Francis David Langhorne Astor Francis David Langhorne Astor (5 March 1912 – 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of ''The Observer'' at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the Astor family, "the landlords of New York". Early l ...

(1912–2001) ******

Michael Langhorne Astor The Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor (10 April 1916 – 28 February 1980) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Early life Michael Astor was born on 10 April 1916. He was the fourth child of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Visco ...

(1916–1980) ****** John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII (1918–2000) *****The Hon. Pauline Astor (1880–1972) ****** Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay, Lady Bowes-Lyon (1907–1996) *******Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Stair (1930–2017) ******** John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 1961) *******

Simon Bowes-Lyon Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (born 17 June 1932) is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1986 to 2007. He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in The Queen's Birthday Hono ...

(born 1932) ***** John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886–1971) ****** Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984) ******* John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever (born 1946) *******Sarah Violet Astor-Lopes (born 1953) ********Harry Marcus George Lopes (born 1977), married

Laura Lopes Laura Rose Lopes (' Parker Bowles; born 19 April 1978) is an English art curator. She is the daughter of Andrew Parker Bowles and Queen Camilla, thus making her the stepdaughter of King Charles III. Biography Early life Laura Parker Bowles was ...

******

John Astor (1923–1987) John Astor (26 September 1923 – 27 December 1987) was a British Conservative politician. Early life John was the youngest of three sons born to John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever and Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound. He ...

***Mary Alida Astor (1826–1881) **** Margaret Laura Astor Carey (1853–1911) *****

Louis Zborowski Louis Vorow Zborowski (20 February 1895 – 19 October 1924) was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for ...

(1895–1924) *** William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) ****Emily Astor (1854–1881) ***** James Laurens Van Alen (1878–1927) ******

Jimmy Van Alen James Henry Van Alen II (September 19, 1902 – July 3, 1991) was an American tennis official and former player. Van Alen was a poet, musician, publisher, civic leader, and raconteur. He was best known for his influence of tennis, especially fo ...

(1902–1991) ****** Louise Astor Van Alen (1910–1997) ****Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1855–1893) ***** James Roosevelt "Tadd" Roosevelt Jr. (1879–1958) **** Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948) ***** Marshall Orme Wilson Jr. (1885–1966) **** John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

) ***** William Vincent Astor (1891–1959) *****

Ava Alice Muriel Astor Ava Alice Muriel Astor (July 7, 1902 – July 19, 1956) was an American heiress, socialite, and member of the Astor family. She was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing, and sister of Vincent Astor and half-sister of John Ja ...

(1902–1956) ****** Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (1925–2019) *******Marina Ivanovna Obolensky (born 1951) *******Ivan Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1952) *******David Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1953) ********Natalya Elizabeth Davidovna Obolensky (born 1984) ********Octavia Willing Davidovna Obolensky (born 1989) *******Sergei Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1960) ********Alexander Vasily Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 1994) ********Christopher Chapman Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 1999) ****** Sylvia Sergeyevna Obolensky (1931–1997) ***** John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI (1912–1992) ******William Backhouse III. Astor (1935-2008) *******William Backhouse IV. Astor (born 1959) *******Gregory Todd Astor (born 1966) ******Mary Jacqueline Astor (born 1949) *******Nicholas Astor Drexel (born 1987) ** Dorothea Astor 1795–1874) ***Eliza Astor Langdon (1818–1896) ****

Matthew Astor Wilks Matthew Astor Wilks (March 3, 1844 – July 9, 1926) was an American clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Early life Wilks was born in New York City on March 3, 1844. He was the one of seven children born to Matt ...

(1844–1926) *** Louisa Dorothea Langdon (1820–1894) ****

DeLancey Astor Kane DeLancey Astor Kane (August 28, 1844April 4, 1915) was an American soldier and horseman who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. He was called the "father of coaching in the United States." Early life Kane was born on August ...

(1844–1915) **** S. Nicholson Kane (1846–1906) ****

John Innes Kane John Innes Kane (July 29, 1850 – February 1, 1913) was an American explorer, scientist and philanthropist who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. Early life Kane was born in 1850, one of eight children born to Oliver DeLa ...

(1850–1913) ****Emily Astor Kane (1854–1932) ***** Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933) ****** Susan Mary Jay (1918–2004) **** Sybil Kent Kane (1856–1946) ****

Woodbury Kane Woodbury Kane (February 8, 1859 – December 5, 1905) was a yachtsman and bon vivant, and member of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. A director of the Metropolitan Register Company, Kane served aboard the ''Columbia'' in the 1899 America's ...

(1859–1905)

Members by birth order

# John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848) # William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875) # Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874) #

(1822–1890) # William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) #

(1844–1926) #

(1844–1915) # S. Nicholson Kane (1846–1906) # William Waldorf Astor I (1848–1919) #

(1850–1913) # Sybil Kent Kane (1856–1946) #

(1859–1905) # Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948) # John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935) #

(1863–1926) # John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912, died in the sinking of the ''Titanic'') # William Astor "Willie" Chanler Sr. (1867–1934) # Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Sr. (1869–1942) #

(1870–1963) #

(1872–1930) # Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933) #

(1879–1952) # James Roosevelt "Tadd" Roosevelt Jr. (1879–1958) # Marshall Orme Wilson Jr. (1885–1966) # John Jacob Astor V (1886–1971) # William Vincent Astor (1891–1959) #

(1895–1924) # Theodore Chanler (1902–1961) #

(1902–1956) #

(1902–1991) # William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II (1907–1966) #

(1912–2001) # John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI (1912–1992) #

(1916–1980) # Susan Mary Jay (1918–2004) # John Jacob "Jakie" Astor VII (1918–2000) # Gavin Astor (1918–1984) #

# Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (1925–2019) # Princess Sylvia Sergeyevna Obolensky (1931–1997) #

(born 1932) #

(born 1938) # John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII (born 1946) # William Waldorf Astor III (born 1951) # John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 1961)

Spouses by birth order

Vincent Rumpff Vincent II, Count von Rumpff (10 January 1789 – 13 February 1867) was a German diplomat who served as Minister of the Hanseatic cities to the United States and Paris. Early life Count von Rumpff was born on 10 January 1789 in Hamburg, Germany, ...

(1789–1867): husband of Eliza Astor # Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893): husband of Laura Eugenia Astor # Samuel Cutler "Sam" Ward (1814–1884): husband of Emily Astor #

John Winthrop Chanler John Winthrop Chanler (September 14, 1826 – October 19, 1877) was a New York lawyer and a U.S. Representative from New York. He was a member of the Dudley–Winthrop family and married Margaret Astor Ward, a member of the Astor family. Early li ...

(1826–1877): husband and widower of Margaret Astor Ward # Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908): widow of William Backhouse Astor Jr. # James John Van Alen (1848–1923): husband and widower of Emily Astor # Augustus Jay (1850–1919): husband of Emily Astor Kane # James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt Sr. (1854–1927): husband and widower of Helen Schermerhorn Astor # Count William Eliot Morris Zborowski (1858–1903): 2nd husband of Margaret Laura Astor Carey # Marshall Orme Wilson (1860–1926): husband of

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mr ...

John Jay Chapman John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American writer. Early life Chapman was born in New York City on March 2, 1862. He was a son of Henry Grafton Chapman Jr. (1833–1883), a broker who became president of the New York St ...

(1862–1933): husband of Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler # Richard Aldrich (1863–1937): husband of

Margaret Livingston Chanler Margaret Livingston Aldrich, also known as Angel of Puerto Rico ( Chanler; October 31, 1870 – March 19, 1963), was an American philanthropist, poet, nurse, and woman's suffrage advocate and prominent member of the Astor family. She was primari ...

# Amélie Louise Rives (1863–1945): wife of John Armstrong Chaloner #

Ava Lowle Willing Ava Lowle Lister, Baroness Ribblesdale (née Willing, later Astor; September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite. She was the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV and later married Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale. Early life ...

(1868–1958): 1st wife of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV # Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Green(1871–1951): wife and widow of

# Natalina Cavalieri (1874–1944): 2nd wife of

Herbert Henry Spender-Clay Herbert Henry Spender-Clay, (4 June 1875 – 15 February 1937), was an English soldier and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1937. Early life Herbert Henry Spender-Clay was born on 4 June 1875, the on ...

(1875–1937): husband of Pauline Astor # Margaret Louise Post (1876–1969): wife and widow of James Laurens Van Alen # Robert Joseph Collier (1876–1918): husband of Sarah Steward Van Alen #

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and rai ...

(1879–1964): widow of

, first female British MP to sit in the house of commons. # Minnie W. Collins (1880–1946): widow of William Astor "Willie" Chanler #

Julia Lynch Olin Julia Lynch Olin (October 21, 1882 – March 11, 1961) was an American author and Baháʼí who co-founded the New History Society in New York City, and was later expelled from the religion by Shoghi Effendi around 1939. Through marriage, she ...

(1882–1961): 2nd wife and widow of

Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (September 24, 1869, in Newport, Rhode Island – February 28, 1942, in New York City) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1907 to 1908. Early life He was the ...

Theodore Douglas Robinson Theodore Douglas Robinson (April 28, 1883 – April 10, 1934) was an American politician from New York who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy from November 1924 to 1929. He was a member of the Roosevelt family through his mother and was ...

(1883–1934): husband of Helen Rebecca Roosevelt #

Lawrence Grant White Lawrence Grant White (September 26, 1887 – September 8, 1956) was an American architect, a partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, co-founded by his father Stanford White, and for five years the president of the National Acad ...

(1887–1956): husband of Laura Astor Chanler # Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1889–1965): wife of John Jacob Astor V # Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky Neledinsky-Meletzky (1890–1978), 1st husband of

# Helen Dinsmore Huntington (1893–1976): 1st wife and widow of William Vincent Astor # Madeleine Talmage Force (1893–1940): 2nd wife and widow of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV # Louis Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989): husband and widower of Hester Alida Emmet # Roberta Brooke Russell (1902–2007): 3rd wife and widow of William Vincent Astor # The Hon. Sir David Bowes Lyon (1902–1961): husband of Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay # Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing (1906–1978): 2nd wife of William Vincent Astor # John Aylmer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (1906-1996): husband of Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon # Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster (1907–1983): husband and widower of Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor # Joseph Wright Alsop V (1910–1989): 2nd husband of Susan Mary Jay # Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig (1919–2001): widow of Gavin Astor # Hon. Sarah Kathleen Elinor Norton (1920–2013): 1st wife of William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II # Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh (1930–2017): 3rd wife and widow of William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II # Roderick McEwen (1932–1982): husband of Romana von Hofmannsthal # Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones (born 1948): wife of William Waldorf Astor III, mother-in-law of British PM

David Cameron David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Until 2015, he led the first coalition government in the UK s ...

# Elizabeth Constance "Liz" Mackintosh (born 1950): 2nd wife of John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII # Jools Miles Holland (born 1958): 2nd husband of Christabel Mary McEwen # Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond (born 1955): husband of Janet Elizabeth Astor # Edward Richard Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 1961): 1st husband of Christabel Mary McEwen # Laura Rose Parker Bowles (born 1978): wife of Harry Marcus George Lopes

Lines of succession to the family titles

Both in the

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, the titles Coronet of a British Viscount

, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1917), with subsidiary title Coronet of a British Baron

Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1916), and Coronet of a British Baron

, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1956), were granted with the standard remainder to the legitimate male heirs of the bodies of the original grantees. Both of the current titleholders continue to sit in the House of Lords following the expulsion of the majority of the hereditary peers by the

House of Lords Act 1999 The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given royal assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries, the House of Lords ...

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* ''The Right Hon.

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) was an American-English attorney, politician, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City. He moved t ...

(1848–1919)'' ** Coronet of a British Viscount

''The Right Hon.

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was devoted to charita ...

, DL (1879–1952)'' *** Coronet of a British Viscount

''The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907–1966)'' **** Coronet of a British Viscount

''The Right Hon.'' William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (born 1951) ***** (1) ''The Hon.'' William Waldorf Astor (b. 1979) ****** (2) William Waldorf Astor (b. 2012) ****** (3) Conrad Charles Astor (b. 2016) ***** (4) ''The Hon.'' James Jacob Astor (b. 1981) *** '' The Hon. Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (1912–2001)'' **** (5) Richard David Langhorne Astor (b. 1955) **** (6) Thomas Robert Langhorne Astor (b. 1962) *** '' The Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor (1916–1980)'' **** (7) David Waldorf Astor (b. 1943) ***** (8) Henry Waldorf Astor (b. 1969) ****** (9) George Astor (b. 1998) ****** (10) Jakie Astor (b. 2003) ****** (11) Charles Edgar Spence Astor (b. 2007) ****** (12) Michael Allstar Astor (b. 2009) ***** (13) Thomas Ludovic David Astor (b. 1972) ****** (14) Frederick Michael Astor (b. 2003) ****** (15) Vincent David Astor (b. 2009) **** (16) James Colonsay Langhorne Astor (b. 1945) ***** (17) Tobias Michael de Chazal Astor (b. 1980) ****** (18) Griffith Charles William Astor (b. 2016) *** ''

Major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

The Hon. Sir John Jacob Astor, MBE,

ERD ERD or Erd may refer to: * The IATA code for Berdiansk Airport in Ukraine * Economic Relations Division (Bangladesh), of the Bangladeshi Ministry of Finance * Elastic recoil detection * Emergency repair disk * Emergency Reserve Decoration, a Briti ...

(1918–2000)'' **** (19) Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor (b. 1946) ***** (20) James Edward Astor (b. 1976) ** Coronet of a British Baron

''The Right Hon. Lt-Col John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (1886–1971)'' *** Coronet of a British Baron

''The Right Hon.

Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever DL (1 June 1918 – 28 June 1984), was an English soldier, publisher, peer, and member of the Astor family. Lord Astor served as chairman of the Times Publishing Company and president of the family owned T ...

(1918–1984)'' **** (21) Coronet of a British Baron

''The Right Hon.'' John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (b. 1946) ***** (1, 22) ''The Hon.'' Charles Gavin John Astor (b. 1990) **** (2, 23) ''The Hon.'' Philip Douglas Paul Astor (b. 1959) *** ''Lt-Col The Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920–1999)'' **** (3, 24) Robert Hugh Astor (b. 1958) ***** (4, 25) Nicholas Louis Robert Astor (b. 1996) ***** (5, 26) Jonathan Hugh Astor (b. 1997) **** (6, 27) James Alexander Waldorf Astor (b. 1965) ***** (7, 28) Alexander Richard Astor (b. 2000) *** '' The Hon. John Astor (1923–1987)'' **** ''John Richard Astor (1953–2016)'' ***** (8, 29) Charles John Astor (b. 1982) **** (9, 30) George David Astor (b. 1958) ***** (10, 31) Thomas David Astor (b. 1987)

Network

Associates

The following is a list of figures closely aligned with the Astor family. *

James J. Van Alen James John Van Alen (March 20, 1848 – July 13, 1923) was an American socialite. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy on October 20, 1893, but declined the appointment. He was well known as a New York Society le ...

George Boldt George Charles Boldt Sr. (April 25, 1851 – December 5, 1916) was a Prussian-born American hotelier. A self-made millionaire, he influenced the development of the urban hotel as a civic social center and luxury destination. Life and care ...

* William Francis Casey *

Geoffrey Dawson George Geoffrey Dawson (25 October 1874 – 7 November 1944) was editor of ''The Times'' from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941. His original last name was Robinson, but he changed it in 1917. He married Hon. Margaret Cecilia Lawley, ...

Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years ...

William Haley Sir William John Haley, KCMG (24 May 1901 – 6 September 1987) was a British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator. Biography Haley grew up on the island of Jersey and attended Victoria College. In 1918 he began to study journa ...

Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton __NOTOC__ Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (13 October 1856 – 11 August 1928) was a British aristocrat, Conservative politician, diplomat, and author. Biography Lord Frederick was born in Brighton, the sixth son and thirteenth child of Ja ...

W. Averell Harriman William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891July 26, 1986) was an American politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was a founder of Harriman & Co. which merged with the older Brown Brothers to form the Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. investment ...

Wilson Price Hunt Wilson Price Hunt (March 20, 1783 – April 13, 1842) was an early pioneer and explorer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Employed as an agent in the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the gr ...

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy ...

* Joseph LaBarge * Alexander MacKay *

Ward McAllister Samuel Ward McAllister (December 28, 1827 – January 31, 1895) was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of America, widely accepted as the authority to which families could be classified as the cream of New York society ( The Fou ...

* Duncan McDougall * Donald McKenzie * Charles A. Platt * Robert Stuart

Businesses

The following is a list of companies in which the Astor family have held a controlling or otherwise substantial interest. *

American Fur Company The American Fur Company (AFC) was a prominent American company that sold furs, skins, and buffalo robes. It was founded in 1808 by John Jacob Astor, a German Americans, German immigrant to the United States. During its heyday in the early 19th c ...

* Astor Court Apartment * Bull's Head Tavern *''Gallatin National Bank'' *

Hotel New Netherland Hotel New Netherland (later Hotel Netherland) was located at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, in what is now the Upper East Side Historic District. It contained the ''Sherry's'' restaur ...

Manhattan Company The Manhattan Company was a New York bank and holding company established on September 1, 1799. The company merged with Chase National Bank in 1955 to form the Chase Manhattan Bank. It is the oldest of the predecessor institutions that eventuall ...

* Mohawk & Hudson Railroad *''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by Dev P ...

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The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...

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OKA Direct OKA (also known as OKA Direct) is a British furniture and home accessories retailer founded in 1999 by Annabel Astor, Sue Jones, and Lucinda Waterhouse. It is owned by Investindustrial. OKA has 14 shops across the UK, and British and American ...

Pacific Fur Company The Pacific Fur Company (PFC) was an American fur trade venture wholly owned and funded by John Jacob Astor that functioned from 1810 to 1813. It was based in the Pacific Northwest, an area contested over the decades among the United Kingdom of G ...

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The Pall Mall Gazette ''The Pall Mall Gazette'' was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood. In 1921, '' The Globe'' merged into ''The Pall Mall Gazette'', which itself was absorbed i ...

'' * Park Hotel *

Silvergate Media Silvergate Media Limited, trading as Sony Pictures Television – Kids, is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli and William Astor. It is a division of Sony Pictures ...

South West Company
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St. Regis Hotel St. Regis Hotels & Resorts () is an American multinational luxury hotel chain, owned and managed by Marriott International. History Origins In 1904, John Jacob Astor built the St. Regis New York as a sister property to his part-owned Waldor ...

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The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...

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The Times of London ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fo ...

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Vanderbilt Hotel 4 Park Avenue (formerly known as the Vanderbilt Hotel) is a 22-story building in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Warren and Wetmore, the structure was built for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and opened in 191 ...

Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929) The Waldorf-Astoria originated as two hotels, built side by side by feuding relatives, on Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York, New York (state), New York, United States. Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the hotels were razed in 1929 to ...

* Waldorf Hotel

Philanthropy and non-profit organizations

*''Astor of Hever Trust'' * Astor Home for Children *

Astor Library The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell and designed by Alex ...

* Astor Memorial School *''Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education'' *

Cliveden Set The Cliveden set were an upper-class group of politically influential people active in the 1930s in the United Kingdom, prior to the Second World War. They were in the circle of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first female Member of Parliament ...

* Coaching Club of New York * The Four Hundred *

Florida Yacht Club The Florida Yacht Club is a private country and yacht club in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. It is the oldest social club in Jacksonville, and is the fourth oldest surviving yacht club in the U.S. It was founded in downtown Jacksonville in 1876 , an ...

Koestler Trust Koestler Arts (formerly The Koestler Trust) is a charity that helps ex-offenders, secure patients and detainees in the UK to express themselves creatively. It promotes the arts in prisons, secure hospitals, immigration centres and in the communi ...

New York Cancer Hospital The New York Cancer Hospital (NYCH) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City was a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884. The building was located at 455 Central Park West between West 105th and 106th Streets, an ...

Rothermere American Institute The Rothermere American Institute is a department of the University of Oxford dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the United States of America and its place in the world. Named after the Harmsworth family, Viscounts Roth ...

* St. Margaret's Home *

Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York is a charitable organization in New York City of men who are descended from early inhabitants of the State of New York. Thomas S Johnson is the current president. The organization preserves his ...

*''Vincent Astor Foundation''

Estates and historic sites

* 130 East 80th Street House *

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay The Abbey in Sutton Courtenay is a medieval courtyard house in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). It is located in the Vale of White Horse near the River Thames, across the road from the twelfth-century Norman Hall and the ...

The Apthorp The Apthorp is a condominium building at 2211 Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The 12-story structure was designed by Clinton & Russell in the Beaux-Arts architecture, Italian ...

* Astor Fur Warehouse *

Astor, Florida Astor is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, Lake County, Florida, United States, located on the west side of the St. Johns River between Lake George (Florida), ...

* Beaulieu House *

Cliveden Cliveden (pronounced ) is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hi ...

* Ferncliff Farm * Ferncliff Forest *''Ferry Reach'' *

* Ginge Manor * Graham Court *''Hatley Park'' *''Hellgate'' *

Hever Castle Hever Castle ( ) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. ...

* Knickerbocker Building * Manor House (Sutton Courtenay) * Mrs. William B. Astor House * Nuits (Irvington, New York) *

Rokeby (Barrytown, New York) Rokeby, also known as La Bergerie, is a historic estate and federally recognized historic district located at Barrytown in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It includes seven contributing buildings and one contributing structure. History ...

*''Steen Valetje'' *

Two Temple Place Two Temple Place, known for many years as Astor House, is a Neo-Gothic building situated near Victoria Embankment in central London, England.Moore, Rowan (15 October 2011)"Two Temple Place; University of the Arts London – review Viscount Astor ...

*''Wilks Building''

References

External links

The Astor Family Papers 1719-1943 at the New York Historical Society

The Astor Family Business
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