William Backhouse Astor Sr.
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William Backhouse Astor Sr. was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune. He worked as a partner in his father's successful export business. His massive
Astor, c. 1850
Portrait of Mrs. William Backhouse Astor (née Margaret Rebecca Armstrong), 1865
William Backhouse Astor Jr.
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William Backhouse Astor Jr. was an American businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, and yachtsman who was a member of the prominent Astor family. His wife, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, served as the lea
William Backhouse Astor Sr.
…Laura Eugenia Astor (1824–1902), who married Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), on September 17, 1844 (no issue). William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892), who married socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (1830–1908) on September 20, 1853, and had five children. Henry Astor III…
William B. Astor Jr. from New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men, 1900.
Ferncliff, the Astor family's country estate in Rhinebeck, New York
Beechwood, the Astors' summer home in Newport, Rhode Island
The Mrs. William B. Astor House at 841 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, 1895