Background
The daughter of John Alun Pugh, she is generally known by her middle name Bronwen.
The daughter of John Alun Pugh, she is generally known by her middle name Bronwen.
She was muse to the couturier Pierre Balmain, who called her one of the most beautiful women he had ever metropolitan After the sudden death of a friend in 1951, she embarked on an inner journey of self-discovery culminating in 1959 in a profound mystical experience. Bill died from a heart attack in 1966, leaving Bronwen with two young daughters.
Bronwen opened her new home to the homeless and in 1983 trained as a psychotherapist.
Her biography, Bronwen Astor: Her Life and Times, authored by Peter Stanford, was published in 2000. After she left Cliveden she lived in Tuesley Manor, Godalming, Surrey, England until 2002 when it was sold for £1.85 million.
Husband William Waldorf Astor II (August 13, 1907 — March 7, 1966).