Michael Astor

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Michael Langhorne Astor (10 April 191628 February 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician and fourth child of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne, both Members of Parliament.

Astor was educated at Eton College. He gained the rank of Captain, serving in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey East in the 1945 General Election. He kept his seat in the 1950 election but did not stand in 1951.

He married 3 times. Annabel Jones, his step-daughter from his second marriage, would go on to marry his nephew, William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor.

He wrote the books Tribal Feeling - his memoirs, published in 1963, and a novel Brand, published in 1968.

[edit] Marriages

  • Barbara McNeill (1942-1961), with whom he had four children.
  • Pandora Clifford (1961-1968).
  • Judith Innes (1970-1980), with whom he had a daughter, Polly in 1971and Adopted His Son Josh
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Campbell Emmott
Member of Parliament for East Surrey
19451951
Succeeded by
Charles Doughty
Persondata
NAME Astor, Michael Langhorne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Politician; Author
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1916-04-10
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 1980-02-28
PLACE OF DEATH