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Paternal Family Tree: Astor
In On 3rd May 1906 [his father] Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor (age 26) and [his mother] Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor (age 26) were married. The groom's father gave the couple the family estate of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire [Map]. They had met on an Atlantic voyage returning to Britain
On 13th August 1907 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor was born to Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor (age 28) and Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor (age 28).
On 14th June 1945 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 37) and Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor (age 25) were married. They had met one month before at a VE Day cocktail party given by her aunt Katherine "Kitty" Kinloch Baroness Brownlow (age 39) having become engaged five days later.
On 27th December 1951 [his son] William Astor 4th Viscount Astor was born to William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 44) and [his wife] Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor (age 31).
On 30th September 1952 [his father] Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor (age 73) died. His son William (age 45) succeeded 3rd Viscount Astor, 3rd Baron Astor. [his wife] Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor (age 32) by marriage Viscountess Astor.
In 1953 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 45) and Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor (age 32) were divorced.
On 17th April 1953 Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Michael Baring (age 25) and [his former wife] Sarah Norton (age 33) were married.
On 26th April 1955 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 47) and Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor (age 24) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Astor. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry Philip Hunloke (age 48) and Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 45).
On 3rd June 1960 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 52) and Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor (age 29) were divorced.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 14th October 1960 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 53) and Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor (age 30) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Astor. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
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Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor: On 6th June 1930 she was born. On 28th December 2017 she died.
On 1st December 1961 [his daughter] Janet Elizabeth Astor Duchess of Richmond and Gordon was born to William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 54) and [his wife] Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor (age 31).
On 2nd May 1964 [his mother] Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor (age 84) died.
In 1965 Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Michael Baring (age 37) and [his former wife] Sarah Norton (age 44) were divorced.
On 7th March 1966 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor (age 58) died. His son [his son] William (age 14) succeeded 4th Viscount Astor, 4th Baron Astor.
On 20th July 2005 [his former wife] Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor (age 74) died.
On 4th February 2013 [his former wife] Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor (age 93) died.
On 28th December 2017 [his former wife] Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor (age 87) died.
GrandFather: William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor
Father: Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor
GrandMother: Mary Dahlgren Paul
William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor
Mother: Nancy Witcher Langhorne Viscountess Astor