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The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps,

(2002). 9780471009351, John Wiley & Sons. .
the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.(Fort Union Trading Post, April 24 2021)

Founding family members
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor) was the youngest of four sons born to Johann Jacob Astor (1724–1816) and Maria Magdalena vom Berg (1730–1764).

The Astor family can trace their ancestry back to Giovan Asdour (1595–1668) and Gretta Ursula Asdour (1589–?). Giovan was born in , Italy, and died in Zürich, Switzerland. Their son, Hans Pieter Asdor, was born in Switzerland and died in Nußloch.

John Jacob and his brother George, born in left Germany and moved to in 1778. There, they established a flute making company. In 1783, John Jacob left for Baltimore, Maryland, leaving his brother in charge of the London business, and was active first as a dealer in woodwind instruments, then in New York as a merchant in , furs, pianos, and real estate. After moving to New York, John met and married Sarah Cox Todd (1762–1842). She worked alongside her husband as a consultant, and was accused of witchcraft after her success with the company in 1817. The accusations never led to legal action. They had eight children, including John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869) and real-estate businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875).

John Jacob's fur-trading company established a trading post at in 1811, the first United States community on the Pacific coast. He financed the overland in 1810–1812 to reach the outpost, which was in the then-disputed . Control of Fort Astoria played a key role in British and American territorial claims on the region.

John and George's brother Henry (born Heinrich) (1754–1833) also emigrated to America. Henry was a horse-racing enthusiast, and purchased a named Messenger, who had been brought from England to America in 1788. The horse became the founding sire of all horses in the United States today.

Melchior, the third of the four brothers, remained in Germany.

During the 19th century, the Astors became one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Toward the end of that century, some of the family moved from America to England and achieved high prominence there. During the 20th century, the number of American Astors began to decline, but their legacy lives on in their many public works including the New York Public Library. British descendants of the Astors hold two hereditary peerages: and Baron Astor of Hever.

While many Astor family members joined the Episcopal Church,

(2025). 9781469626987, University of North Carolina Press.
John Jacob Astor remained a member of a Reformed congregation to his death.Reformed Congregation James Parton, Life of John Jacob Astor: To which is appended a Copy of his last will (The American News Comp., 1865), pg. 81
(2025). 9780786472130, McFarland.

Family namesake places
For many years, the members of the Astor family were known as "the landlords of New York". Their New York City namesakes are the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and , , Astor Place, and Astor Avenue in the , where the Astors stabled horses. The neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, was renamed to incite John Jacob Astor to invest there.

Beyond New York City, the Astor family name is imprinted in a great deal of United States history and geography. Astor Street, in Chicago's landmark Gold Coast district, is named after John Jacob Astor. There are towns of Astor in the states of Florida, Georgia, , and and there are Astorias in Illinois, , and Oregon. In Astoria, Oregon, the primary elementary school, a filming location for the 1990 film , is called John Jacob Astor Elementary. The city is also home to the .

In Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, there was a secondary state school named Astor of Hever School. It was located within Oakwood Park, a former residence of the Astor family, which the family gifted to the Borough of Maidstone to be used for educational purposes. Whilst the Astor of Hever School changed its name in the early 2010s, it is still located on the Oakwood Park Estate, along with a Grammar School, a Catholic Secondary school and the Maidstone campus of Mid-Kent College. At one time the Oakwood Park Estate also contained an educational farm attached to the Astor of Hever School.

There is a neighborhood called Astor Park just south of downtown Green Bay, . At the heart of this neighborhood is a park (also called "Astor Park"); the Astor family donated this land for the building of a trade school.

The Astors were also prominent on , , and Newport, Rhode Island, with their summer house, Beechwood. At Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, there are the Lord and Lady Astor Suites; the hotel salon is called Astor's. There is even a Hostel in , England called The Astor. In addition, a dormitory at St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, bears Astor's name.

The Danubius Hotel Astoria in the center of Pest, Budapest, Hungary, opened in 1914, was given its name by the original hotel owners and Mihály Gellér, the first General Manager of the hotel, who formerly worked for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. In Shanghai, China there is the Astor House Hotel in the Bund.

in was named after by the explorer Richard E. Byrd.

Astor family tree
  • John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848)
    • Magdalena Astor (1788–1832)
      • Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874)
    • John Jacob Astor Jr. (1791–1869)
    • William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875)
      • Emily Astor (1819–1841)
        • Margaret Astor "Maddie" Ward (1838–1875)
          • John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
          • Winthrop Astor Chanler (1863–1926)
          • William Astor "Willie" Chanler Sr. (1867–1934)
          • Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Sr. (1869–1942)
          • Margaret Chanler Aldrich (1870–1963)
          • Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930)
      • John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890)
        • William Waldorf Astor I (1848–1919)
          • Waldorf Astor (1879–1952)
            • William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II (1907–1966)
              • William Waldorf Astor III (born 1951)
                • Flora Katherine Astor (born 1976)
                • William Waldorf "Will" Astor IV (born 1979)
                • James Jacob Astor (born 1981)
            • Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor, Countess of Ancaster (1909–1975)
              • Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (born 1938)
            • (1912–2001)
            • (1916–1980)
            • (1918–2000)
          • The Hon. Pauline Astor (1880–1972)
            • Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay, Lady Bowes-Lyon (1907–1996)
              • Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Stair (1930–2017)
                • John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 1961)
              • (born 1932)
          • John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886–1971)
            • Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984)
              • John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever (born 1946)
              • Sarah Violet Astor-Lopes (born 1953)
                • Harry Marcus George Lopes (born 1977), married
            • John Astor (1923–1987)
      • Mary Alida Astor (1826–1881)
      • William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892)
        • Emily Astor (1854–1881)
          • James Laurens Van Alen (1878–1927)
            • Jimmy Van Alen (1902–1991)
            • Louise Astor Van Alen (1910–1997)
        • Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1855–1893)
        • Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948)
          • Marshall Orme Wilson Jr. (1885–1966)
        • John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912)
          • (1891–1959)
          • Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956)
            • Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (1925–2019)
              • Marina Ivanovna Obolensky (born 1951)
              • Ivan Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1952)
              • David Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1953)
                • Natalya Elizabeth Davidovna Obolensky (born 1984)
                • Octavia Willing Davidovna Obolensky (born 1989)
              • Sergei Ivanovich Obolensky (born 1960)
                • Alexander Vasily Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 1994)
                • Christopher Chapman Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 1999)
            • (1931–1997)
          • John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI (1912–1992)
            • William Backhouse Astor III (1935-2008)
              • William Backhouse Astor IV (born 1959)
              • Gregory Todd Astor (born 1966)
            • Mary Jacqueline Astor (born 1949)
              • Nicholas Astor Drexel (born 1987)
    • Dorothea Astor 1795–1874)
      • Eliza Astor Langdon (1818–1896)
        • Matthew Astor Wilks (1844–1926)
      • Louisa Dorothea Langdon (1820–1894)
        • DeLancey Astor Kane (1844–1915)
        • S. Nicholson Kane (1846–1906)
        • John Innes Kane (1850–1913)
        • Emily Astor Kane (1854–1932)
          • Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933)
            • Susan Mary Jay (1918–2004)
        • Sybil Kent Kane (1856–1946)
        • (1859–1905)

Members by birth order
  1. John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848)
  2. William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875)
  3. Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874)
  4. John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890)
  5. William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892)
  6. Matthew Astor Wilks (1844–1926)
  7. DeLancey Astor Kane (1844–1915)
  8. S. Nicholson Kane (1846–1906)
  9. William Waldorf Astor I (1848–1919)
  10. John Innes Kane (1850–1913)
  11. Sybil Kent Kane (1856–1946)
  12. (1859–1905)
  13. Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948)
  14. John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
  15. Winthrop Astor Chanler (1863–1926)
  16. John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912, died in the sinking of the Titanic)
  17. William Astor "Willie" Chanler Sr. (1867–1934)
  18. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Sr. (1869–1942)
  19. Margaret Chanler Aldrich (1870–1963)
  20. Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872–1930)
  21. Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933)
  22. Waldorf Astor (1879–1952)
  23. (1879–1958)
  24. Marshall Orme Wilson Jr. (1885–1966)
  25. John Jacob Astor V (1886–1971)
  26. (1891–1959)
  27. (1895–1924)
  28. (1902–1961)
  29. Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956)
  30. Jimmy Van Alen (1902–1991)
  31. William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II (1907–1966)
  32. (1912–2001)
  33. John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI (1912–1992)
  34. (1916–1980)
  35. Susan Mary Jay (1918–2004)
  36. (1918–2000)
  37. Gavin Astor (1918–1984)
  38. John Astor (1923–1987)
  39. Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (1925–2019)
  40. (1931–1997)
  41. (born 1932)
  42. Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (born 1938)
  43. John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII (born 1946)
  44. William Waldorf Astor III (born 1951)
  45. John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 1961)

Spouses by birth order
  1. (1789–1867): husband of Eliza Astor
  2. Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893): husband of Laura Eugenia Astor
  3. Samuel Cutler "Sam" Ward (1814–1884): husband of Emily Astor
  4. John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877): husband and widower of Margaret Astor Ward
  5. Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908): widow of William Backhouse Astor Jr.
  6. James John Van Alen (1848–1923): husband and widower of Emily Astor
  7. (1850–1919): husband of Emily Astor Kane
  8. James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt Sr. (1854–1927): husband and widower of Helen Schermerhorn Astor
  9. (1858–1903): second husband of Margaret Laura Astor Carey
  10. Marshall Orme Wilson (1860–1926): husband of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
  11. John Jay Chapman (1862–1933): husband of Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler
  12. Richard Aldrich (1863–1937): husband of Margaret Livingston Chanler
  13. Amélie Louise Rives (1863–1945): wife of John Armstrong Chaloner
  14. Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958): first wife of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV
  15. Harriet Sylvia Ann Howland Green(1871–1951): wife and widow of Matthew Astor Wilks
  16. (1874–1944): second wife of Robert Winthrop Chanler
  17. Herbert Henry Spender-Clay (1875–1937): husband of Pauline Astor
  18. Margaret Louise Post (1876–1969): wife and widow of James Laurens Van Alen
  19. Robert Joseph Collier (1876–1918): husband of Sarah Steward Van Alen
  20. Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879–1964): widow of Waldorf Astor; first female British MP to sit in the house of commons
  21. (1880–1946): widow of William Astor "Willie" Chanler
  22. Julia Lynch Olin (1882–1961): second wife and widow of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
  23. Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883–1934): husband of Helen Rebecca Roosevelt
  24. Lawrence Grant White (1887–1956): husband of Laura Astor Chanler
  25. Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1889–1965): wife of John Jacob Astor V
  26. (1890–1978), first husband of Ava Alice Muriel Astor
  27. Helen Dinsmore Huntington (1893–1976): first wife and widow of
  28. (1893–1940): second wife and widow of John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV
  29. Louis Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989): husband and widower of Hester Alida Emmet
  30. (1902–2007): third wife and widow of William Vincent Astor
  31. (1902–1961): husband of Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay
  32. Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing (1906–1978): second wife of William Vincent Astor
  33. John Aylmer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair (1906-1996): husband of Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon
  34. Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster (1907–1983): husband and widower of Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor
  35. (1910–1989): second husband of Susan Mary Jay
  36. Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig (1919–2001): widow of Gavin Astor
  37. (1920–2013): first wife of William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II
  38. Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh (1930–2017): third wife and widow of William Waldorf "Bill" Astor II
  39. Roderick McEwen (1932–1982): husband of Romana von Hofmannsthal
  40. Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones (born 1948): wife of William Waldorf Astor III, mother-in-law of British PM
  41. Elizabeth Constance "Liz" Mackintosh (born 1950): second wife of John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII
  42. (born 1958): second husband of Christabel Mary McEwen
  43. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond (born 1955): husband of Janet Elizabeth Astor
  44. Edward Richard Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 1961): first husband of Christabel Mary McEwen
  45. (born 1978): wife of Harry Marcus George Lopes

Lines of succession to the family titles
Both in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the titles , of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1917), with subsidiary title , of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1916), and Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent (1956), were granted with the standard remainder to the legitimate male heirs of the bodies of the original grantees.

Both of the current titleholders continue to sit in the House of Lords following the expulsion of the majority of the hereditary peers by the House of Lords Act 1999.

  • The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (1848–1919)
    • The Right Hon. Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (1879–1952)
      • The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907–1966)
        • The Right Hon. William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (born 1951)
          • (1) The Hon. William Waldorf Astor (b. 1979)
            • (2) William Waldorf Astor (b. 2012)
            • (3) Conrad Charles Astor (b. 2016)
          • (4) The Hon. James Jacob Astor (b. 1981)
      • , CH (1912–2001)
        • (5) Richard David Langhorne Astor (b. 1955)
        • (6) Thomas Robert Langhorne Astor (b. 1962)
      • (1916–1980)
        • (7) David Waldorf Astor (b. 1943)
          • (8) Henry Waldorf Astor (b. 1969)
            • (9) George Astor (b. 1998)
            • (10) Jakie Astor (b. 2003)
            • (11) Charles Edgar Spence Astor (b. 2007)
            • (12) Michael Allstar Astor (b. 2009)
          • (13) Thomas Ludovic David Astor (b. 1972)
            • (14) Frederick Michael Astor (b. 2003)
            • (15) Vincent David Astor (b. 2009)
        • (16) James Colonsay Langhorne Astor (b. 1945)
          • (17) Tobias Michael de Chazal Astor (b. 1980)
            • (18) Griffith Charles William Astor (b. 2016)
      • Major , MBE, ERD (1918–2000)
        • (19) Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor (b. 1946)
          • (20) James Edward Astor (b. 1976)
    • The Right Hon. Lt-Col John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (1886–1971)
      • The Right Hon. Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984)
        • (21) The Right Hon. John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, PC, DL (b. 1946)
          • (1, 22) The Hon. Charles Gavin John Astor (b. 1990)
        • (2, 23) The Hon. Philip Douglas Paul Astor (b. 1959)
      • Lt-Col The Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920–1999)
        • (3, 24) Robert Hugh Astor (b. 1958)
          • (4, 25) Nicholas Louis Robert Astor (b. 1996)
          • (5, 26) Jonathan Hugh Astor (b. 1997)
        • (6, 27) James Alexander Waldorf Astor (b. 1965)
          • (7, 28) Alexander Richard Astor (b. 2000)
      • The Hon. John Astor (1923–1987)
        • John Richard Astor (1953–2016)
          • (8, 29) Charles John Astor (b. 1982)
        • (9, 30) George David Astor (b. 1958)
          • (10, 31) Thomas David Astor (b. 1987)

Network
Businesses
The following is a list of companies in which the Astor family have held a controlling or otherwise substantial interest.

Philanthropy and non-profit organizations
  • Astor of Hever Trust
  • Astor Home for Children
  • Astor Memorial School
  • Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education
  • Coaching Club of New York
  • The Four Hundred
  • Florida Yacht Club
  • New York Cancer Hospital
  • Rothermere American Institute
  • St. Margaret's Home
  • Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
  • Vincent Astor Foundation

Estates and historic sites

Further reading
  • . The Astors: The Story of a Transatlantic Family, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979.
  • David Sinclair. Dynasty: The Astors and Their Times, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1983.
  • Derek Wilson. The Astors: The Life and Times of the Astor Dynasty, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993.

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