Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

The Viscount Astor
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
In office
24 June 1919 – 7 April 1921
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byThe Earl of Onslow
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
In office
27 January 1919 – 24 June 1919
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byStephen Walsh
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control
In office
18 July 1918 – 27 January 1919
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byJ. R. Clynes
Succeeded byCharles McCurdy
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
18 October 1919 – 30 September 1952
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Astor
Succeeded byThe 3rd Viscount Astor
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Sutton
In office
14 December 1918 – 18 October 1919
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byNancy Astor
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth
In office
19 December 1910 – 25 November 1918
Preceded byCharles Edward Mallet
and Aneurin Williams
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
Born
Waldorf Astor

(1879-05-19)19 May 1879
New York City, New York, US
Died30 September 1952(1952-09-30) (aged 73)
Taplow, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 1906)
Children
Parents
RelativesSee Astor family
Alma materEton 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.