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Also Known As Waldorf Astor
Born May 19, 1879 • New York City • New York
Died September 30, 1952 (aged 73) • England
Title / Office House of Lords (1919-1952), United Kingdom • House of Commons (1910-1919), United Kingdom
House / Dynasty Astor family
Sidney Webb
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Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot
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Sir John Bowring
British diplomat
Lansbury, oil painting by Sylvia Gosse; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Beatrice Webb
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Alexander Monro, tertius
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Cameron, David
David Cameron
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George III
George III
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington
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Lord Palmerston
Lord Palmerston
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