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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879 - 1952) with his wife, American-born English socialite and politician Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879 - 1964), at their home, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, circa 1938. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879 - 1952) with his wife, American-born English socialite and politician Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879 - 1964), at their home, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, circa 1938. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)