William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor

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William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (born 27 December 1951) is a British businessman and politician who sits as an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

Astor was educated at Eton College, and in 1976 married Annabel, Lady Sheffield, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. His stepdaughter Samantha Sheffield is a company director and is married to the Conservative Leader David Cameron.

He was a Lord in Waiting (a House of Lords whip) from 1990 to 1993. He was then made a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Social Security until 1994 when he moved to the Department of National Heritage where he served until leaving the government in 1995.

Viscount Astor is presently a director of Chorion Plc (since 1996) and Urbium Plc (since 2002).

Preceded by William Astor

Viscount Astor 1966 – present

Incumbent