Viscount Astor

Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the financier and statesman William Waldorf Astor. He had already been created Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, in 1916. His eldest son, the second Viscount, was the husband of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. As of 2006 the titles are held by their grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1966. He is one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a Conservative.

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, was the second son of the first Viscount.

The family seat is Ginge House, near Wantage, Oxfordshire.

Viscounts Astor (1917)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Waldorf Astor (b. 18 January 1979)

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Hever Castle, in Kent, England (in the village of Hever), was the seat of the Boleyn family. Originally a country house, it was built in the 13th century and converted into a manor in 1462 by Geoffrey Boleyn, who served as Lord Mayor of London.
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Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH, (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons. She was the wife of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever DL (May 20, 1886–July 19, 1971), was a military officer, statesman, a newspaper proprietor, and a member of the prominent Astor family.
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Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire.
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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (March 31, 1848 – October 18, 1919) was a financier and statesman and a member of the prominent Astor family.

William Astor was born in New York City, the only child of John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890) and Charlotte Augusta
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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was a businessman and politician and a member of the prominent Astor family.

Born in New York City in the United States, he was the son of the extremely wealthy William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) (later
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William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (13 August 1907 – 7 March 1966) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician and a member of the prominent Astor family.

Known as Bill Astor, he was the son of the 2nd Viscount Astor and the Viscountess Astor.
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William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (born 27 December 1951) is a British businessman and politician who sits as an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
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For the fantasy novel, see Heir Apparent (novel).

An heir apparent is an heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation) cannot be displaced from inheriting; the term is used in contrast to heir presumptive, the term for a conditional
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Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.

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Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for the prominent newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician John Jacob Astor.
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Viscounts Astor (1917)

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