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The Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor (10 April 1916 – 28 February 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Michael Langhorne Astor, 1948
Michael Langhorne Astor, 1948

Early life


Michael Astor was born on 10 April 1916. He was the fourth child of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, and Nancy Witcher Langhorne, both Members of Parliament.[1] He attended prep school at St. Michael's, Uckfield, where he was a contemporary of the future writer and painter Denton Welch, who later included him in a short story. He was educated at Eton College and gained the rank of captain, serving in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army).[1]


Career


He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey East in the 1945 general election.[2] He kept his seat in the 1950 election but did not stand in 1951. He wrote a memoir, Tribal Feeling, published in 1963, and a novel, Brand, published in 1968.[3]


Personal life


Astor married three times:


References


  1. "Michael Langhorne Astor". Geni.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. "Hon. Michael Astor". They Work For You. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Tribal Feeling". Internet Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. Colacello, Bob. "Inside the Very Charmed World of British Noble Annabel Astor". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. Anthony, Andrew. "Interview Way out West Andrew Anthony". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2019.


Media related to Michael Astor at Wikimedia Commons

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Campbell Emmott
Member of Parliament for East Surrey
1945–1951
Succeeded by
Charles Doughty



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