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Astor, William Waldorf, first Viscount Astor (1848–1919)
Maker: Sir Hubert von Herkomer
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Astor, William Waldorf, first Viscount Astor (1848–1919), property owner and newspaper proprietor
John Turner
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Astor, William Waldorf, first Viscount Astor (1848–1919), property owner and newspaper proprietor, was born on 31 March 1848 in New York, the only child of John Jacob Astor (1822–1890), manager of the family estate, and his wife, Charlotte Augusta Gibbes (1825–1887). He was educated privately and at ...
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Trenchard, John [pseuds. Cato, Diogenes] (1668/9–1723), landowner and publicist
Marie McMahon
Trenchard, John [pseuds. Cato, Diogenes] (1668/9–1723), landowner and publicist, was the first son of William Trenchard (1640–1710), landowner, of Cutteridge, Wiltshire, and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh, Somerset. His nonconformist, whig father sat for Westbury...