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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle
British politician
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history of Hever Castle
- In Hever Castle
…1903 by the American multimillionaire William Waldorf Astor. He spent a fortune and hired an army of craftsmen in restoring it, making it opulently comfortable inside and creating beautiful formal gardens with an ample lake. He also built a Tudor-style village just across the moat to make more room for…
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membership in Astor family
- In Astor family
His son, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), was politically ambitious, but, after a stint in the New York state legislature and three years as U.S. minister to Italy, he moved permanently to England in 1890. He became a British subject in 1899, and in 1917 he became 1st…
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