William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor was an American-English attorney, politician, diplomat, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City.
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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor was an American-English attorney, politician, diplomat, hotelier, publisher and philanthropist. Astor was a scion of the very wealthy Astor family of New York City. He moved to England in 1891, became a British subject in 1899, and was made a peer as Baron Astor in 1916 and Viscount Astor in 1917 for his contributions to war charities. The census-designated place of Waldorf, Maryland is named after him.
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