Background
ASTOR, William Waldorf was born on March 31, 1848 in New York, United States. O. e. of John Jacob Astor and Charlotte Augusta Gibbes.
ASTOR, William Waldorf was born on March 31, 1848 in New York, United States. O. e. of John Jacob Astor and Charlotte Augusta Gibbes.
Private tutors.
Barrister 1875; Legislature of State of New York, 1878, 1881. United States Minister to Italy, 1882-1885. Naturalised British subject, 1899.
Clubs: Marlborough, Carlton. Sec also Copt. H. II. Spender-Clay.
Spouse 1878, Mary Dahlgren, (d. 1908),daughter of James W. Paul, Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A.