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    William Backhouse Astor Jr. (July 12, 1829 – April 25, 1892) was an American businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, and yachtsman who was a member of the...
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    William Backhouse Astor Sr. (September 19, 1792 – November 24, 1875) was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's...
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  • William Backhouse Astor may refer to: William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman and member of the Astor family William Backhouse...
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  • his son, Astor was a grandfather to two boys, William Backhouse Astor IV (b. 1959) and Gregory Todd Astor (b. 1966), who portrayed Colonel Astor in Titanic...
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    Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr. They had five children, including Colonel John Jacob Astor IV...
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  • Magdalena Astor (1788–1832) Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874) William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875) Emily Astor (1819–1841) Margaret Astor "Maddie"...
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    the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation. Astor was the eldest son of real estate businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and...
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    New York. He was the youngest of five children and only son of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and...
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    renovated the estate in 1881 after it was bought the year before by William Backhouse Astor, Jr. Beechwood was built as a marine villa for New Yorker Daniel...
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    Astor was born in New York City on October 10, 1861, and was known as "Carrie". She was the fourth of five children born to William Backhouse Astor Jr...
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    social affairs. He was the father of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, who married William Backhouse Astor Jr. Schermerhorn was born on April 9, 1783, in Hyde Park...
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    1883 in three phases, on land John Jacob Astor had purchased in 1844 for $10,000. When William Backhouse Astor Jr. died, the houses were divided among...
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  • William Astor may refer to: William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875), American businessman and member of the Astor family William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892)...
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  • Ferncliff Farm (category Astor family residences)
    Ferncliff) was an estate established in the mid 19th century by William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) in Rhinebeck, New York. Not far from his mother's...
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  • 1890. In 1876–1877 a reredos and altar were erected in memory of William Backhouse Astor Sr., to the designs of architect Frederick Clarke Withers, who...
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  • Thumbnail for Madeleine Astor
    conversation. She met Colonel John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV, the only son of businessman William Backhouse Astor, Jr. and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn...
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    Charles Astor Bristed. Sarah Todd Astor (1790–1790), who was stillborn. John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869), sickly and mentally unstable. William Backhouse Astor...
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    mansion for Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the widow of real estate heir William Backhouse Astor Jr., and her son John Jacob Astor IV. Construction of this largest...
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  • William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875), businessman William Backhouse Astor Jr., (1829–92), businessman William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (1848–1919)...
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    grandparents were real estate businessman and race horse breeder/owner William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn...
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    Beechwood, the Newport estate of Astor's brother, William Backhouse Astor Jr. and his wife Caroline, known as "The Mrs. Astor", who ruled society in both New...
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  • "knickerbocker" married relatively new money William Backhouse Astor Jr. At the time the series takes place, Astor (Donna Murphy) and her husband are largely...
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    McAllister's late 19th-century term for the number of people Mrs. William Backhouse Astor, Jr's ballroom could supposedly accommodate, although the actual...
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    heiress, born Margaret Laura Astor Carey (1853–1911), a granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. of the prominent Astor family. She had been Madame...
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    Rebecca Armstrong Astor (1800-1872), wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792-1875) From 1872 to 1875, its patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife...
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    Gotthilf Osann, Karl Witte, Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen, and William Backhouse Astor Sr.: 151  He arrived at the newly founded University of Berlin...
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    during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled...
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    Ava Lowle Willing (redirect from Ava Astor)
    17, 1891, she married Colonel John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912), son of William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn...
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    Emily Astor Ward (the daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and granddaughter of John Jacob Astor). Emily Astor Ward was the older sister of William Backhouse...
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    married to Laura Astor, a daughter of William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a sister of, among others, John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr. A descendant...
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