Viscount Astor

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

Coat of arms of the Viscounts Astor

Viscount Astor , of Hever Castle in the County of Kent , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

The Viscounts family home is Ginge Manor near Wantage in Oxfordshire .

Award

The title was created on June 23, 1917 for the American-British financier and politician William Waldorf Astor . As a member of the Astor family, he was one of the richest men in the United States , but then emigrated to the United Kingdom. There he worked to a large extent for charitable purposes.

Subordinate title

Astor had already been raised to Baron Astor , of Hever Castle in the County of Kent on January 26, 1916 . This barony is now listed as a subordinate title.

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 ( Heir Apparent ) is the eldest son of the current viscount, Hon. William Waldorf Astor (* 1979).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The London Gazette : No. 30156, p. 6409 , June 29, 1917.
^ The London Gazette: 29454, 1126 , January 28, 1916.

Web links

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
Astor, Viscount (UK, 1917) at Cracroft's Peerage

[TLG-1] The London Gazette : No. 30156, p. 6409 , June 29, 1917.

[2] The London Gazette: 29454, 1126 , January 28, 1916.