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    Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (20 May 1886 – 19 July 1971) was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician...
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  • John Jacob Astor VI (August 14, 1912 – June 26, 1992) was an American socialite, shipping businessman, and member of the Astor family. He was dubbed the...
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  • Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history. John Jacob...
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    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...
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    John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the...
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    him. William Waldorf Astor was born in New York City. He was the only child of the financier and philanthropist John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) and Charlotte...
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  • John Astor may refer to: John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), German-born American businessman John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890), grandson of the above, American...
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    the RMS Titanic. She was the second wife and widow of businessman John Jacob Astor IV. Madeleine Talmage Force was born on June 19, 1893, in Brooklyn...
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  • John Astor (26 September 1923 – 27 December 1987) was a British Conservative politician. John was the youngest of three sons born to John Jacob Astor...
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    Dahlgren Paul. His younger brothers were John Rudolph Astor (who died young) and John Jacob Astor V, Baron Astor of Hever. He spent much of his life travelling...
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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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    John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (born 16 June 1946), is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family....
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    Astor (1916-1980) Jakie Astor (1918-2000) Michael Astor (b. 1946) John Astor (1962-1963) John Rudolph Astor (1881) John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of...
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    John Jacob Astor, who by then was in his 70s and had been retired for about 10 years. As the richest citizen of the United States, German-born Astor was...
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    needed] Astor's paternal grandparents were fur-trader John Jacob Astor and Sarah Cox (née Todd) Astor. His maternal grandparents were U.S. Senator John Armstrong...
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    Plaza and Astor Place Station Plaza. "Astor Place" is also sometimes used for the neighborhood around the street. It was named for John Jacob Astor (at one...
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  • had passed to John Jacob Astor V. Bob Brand had become the Astors' brother-in-law, and it is thought that he introduced Dawson to the Astors' circle at Cliveden...
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    that sold furs, skins, and buffalo robes. It was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States. During its heyday in the...
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    Astor II (1907–1966) Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (1909–1975) Francis David Langhorne Astor (1912–2001) Michael Langhorne Astor (1916–1980) John Jacob Astor...
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    Astor, philanthropist, majority owner of Newsweek, member of the prominent Astor family John Jacob Astor V, philanthropist, owner of The Times John Jacob...
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  • by whom he had five children including John Jacob Astor VIII ("Johnny" Astor) Lt. Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920–1999), who married Emily Lucy Kinloch...
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    February 1874 – 30 October 1914), his widow, Baroness Violet Astor, remarried to John Jacob Astor V. Lady Beatrix Frances Petty-Fitzmaurice (25 March 1877 –...
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    demolished in 1913; the rest was demolished in 1926. The Astor House was built by John Jacob Astor, who assembled the lots around his former house until...
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    showplace for many of Mrs. Astor's dinner parties. When Mrs. Astor died in 1908, Beechwood was left to her son, John Jacob Astor IV, who married his second...
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    and 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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    Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. and socialite Grace Wilson Vanderbilt), and John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912), who married Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958) and, later...
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  • television actor and singer, best known for originating the roles of John Jacob Astor in Titanic: the Musical, Sir Richard Bingham in The Pirate Queen, and...
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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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    (1864–1939). Her younger sister Madeleine was the widow of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV of the Astor family, who died during the sinking of the Titanic in 1912...
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    1859 by Federico Barreda. Subsequent owners of Beaulieu have included John Jacob Astor III, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, and his wife Grace Vanderbilt, née Grace...
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