Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

The Right Honourable The Viscount Astor DL
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
In office 24 June 1919 – 7 April 1921
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	The Earl of Onslow
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
In office 27 January 1919 – 24 June 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Stephen Walsh
Succeeded by	office abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control
In office 18 July 1918 – 27 January 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	J. R. Clynes
Succeeded by	Charles McCurdy
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 18 October 1919 – 30 September 1952 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Viscount Astor
Succeeded by	The 3rd Viscount Astor
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton
In office 14 December 1918 – 18 October 1919
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Nancy Astor
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
In office 19 December 1910 – 25 November 1918
Preceded by	Charles Edward Mallet and Aneurin Williams
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Personal details
Born	Waldorf Astor (1879-05-19)19 May 1879 New York City, New York, US
Died	30 September 1952(1952-09-30) (aged 73) Taplow, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Nancy Witcher Langhorne ​ ​ (m. 1906)​
Children	William Waldorf Astor II Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor Francis David Langhorne Astor Michael Langhorne Astor John Jacob Astor VII
Parents	William Waldorf Astor Mary Dahlgren Paul
Relatives	See Astor family
Alma mater	Eton College New College, Oxford

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, DL (19 May 1879 – 30 September 1952) was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was devoted to charitable projects, and with his more famous wife Nancy became a prominent fixture in upper class English society.