Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever was an English philanthropist and member of the Astor family. Her philanthropic contributions included being chairman of the Sunshine
Irene Astor
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until th
Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever
…in 2001. Astor was born on 7 October 1919 at 27 Chesham Place in Belgravia, the youngest of four children of military officer and later Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Dorothy Maud Vivian, a daughter of Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian. Her father was created Earl Haig when she was 12 days old entitling her to the…
Haig in 1917
Plaque marking Earl Haig's birthplace, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Age 23 in 1885, in his hussar's uniform
Photograph of the young Douglas Haig as an officer with the 7th Hussars.