A Classification of American Wealth
History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America - Sponsors

   Clieveden Astors and Baron John Jacob Astor (V) (1886-1971) of Hever and his family  

… Clieveden Astors had five children, among which four sons, more than any Astor couple ever had since the first John Jacob Astor. The eldest son William Waldorf Astor III (1907-1966) inherited the title of Viscount and served as a member of Parliament. David Astor (b.1912) took over the family newspaper "The Observer" and was its working editor …
… William Waldorf Astor gave his second son John Astor (he dropped the Jacob to have his name sound more British) Hever Castle and thereby created the Hever branch of the English Astor family. Like his older brother educated at Eton and Oxford, John Astor lived the life of a typical English gentleman, distinguishing himself in Worl War I and being a member of Parliament for 23 years. Like his father, he acquired a newspaper, but this time it was the London Times, Britain's most prestigious paper. This made the Astors press lords, in the same league as the Beaverbrooks, or the Hearsts and Pulitzers in America …

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