William Waldorf Astor II person
also: Astor, Lord Astor, Mrs. Astor, Viscount William Waldorf Astor II, William Waldorf
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Chester A. Arthur appointed
William Waldorf Astor II documented
“He is in the New York State Assembly in 1878, New York State Senate in 1880. He tries to run for Congress twice and loses. And the reason for that is William Waldorf has a very shy personality. So in 1882, President of the United States, Ch…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 20:50
Nancy Astor married
William Waldorf Astor II documented
“And one of her suitors was Waldorf Astor from the Waldorf Astoria fame. We've got Helena Zimmerman. She married a guy named William Montague, the Duke of Manchester. Yeah, I've read a lot about him. So I thought that story was good enough t…”
▶ The Shadow State 25_ Secret Societies 9; The Taft Dynasty @ 11:34
William Waldorf Astor II member_of
Pilgrims Society host_asserted
“Absolutely a pilgrim. In fact, he's actually the epitome of a pilgrim. William Waldorf Astor was born in 1848. He would live until 1919. Born in New York City, is the only child of financier and philanthropist John Jacob Astor III. Family h…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 16:38
William Waldorf Astor II funded
British Red Cross host_asserted
“Oh, he also gave a ton of money to the British Red Cross. Any problems with that? Yes. Want to tell the audience why? Because the Red Cross was used basically during this time for covert operations. Indeed. And he's helping to fund that. He…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 24:45
William Waldorf Astor II funded
Cambridge University host_asserted
“And he would gift all those to his son, Waldorf Astor, in 1914. He became a British subject in 1899. Because he renounced his American citizenship. Indeed. So he's part of this pilgrim society. He's got his loyalty to, oh, I don't know, the…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 24:04
William Waldorf Astor II funded
University of Oxford host_asserted
“And he would gift all those to his son, Waldorf Astor, in 1914. He became a British subject in 1899. Because he renounced his American citizenship. Indeed. So he's part of this pilgrim society. He's got his loyalty to, oh, I don't know, the…”
▶ The Shadow State 77 Pilgrims Society 3 @ 24:04
American Pilgrims member_of
William Waldorf Astor II host_asserted
“Among the original pilgrims in London was Lord Rothschild, Alfred Milner, Lord Roseberry, Robert Brand of Lazarus Bank, Waldorf Astor, and Alfred Biet, which is a Rhodes business partner. Jan Smuts, a legal advisor to Rose, and a future pri…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER - Operation Gladio by Paul Williams Last Chapter and Epilogue @ 35:37
William Waldorf Astor II carried_out_attack
Cliveden book_quoted
“was Viscount William Waldorf Astor II. Lord Astor had been a naval intelligence officer during World War II and had very close ties with MI6 and MI5. Lord Astor was especially close to MI5, which is basically their FBI, and ran honey traps …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 1 @ 38:33
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▶ 38:33
was Viscount William Waldorf Astor II. Lord Astor had been a naval intelligence officer during World War II and had very close ties with MI6 and MI5. Lord Astor was especially close to MI5, which is basically their FBI, and ran honey traps …
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The Anglo-American Astor family is quite the powerhouse in its own right. During the 20th century, the descendants of John Jacob Astor were among the wealthiest individuals in the world. They were, let's see, Lord Astor's father was a key f…
▶ 39:32
and the Council of Foreign Relations. So these are the guys that created, basically, eventually Operation Gladio, Fascist International, blah, blah, blah. So these guys are right in the same lineage, which I, again, I just found this fascin…
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sought appeasement with Nazi Germany because they're all fascist. The Cliveden set was so named because they occasionally held their meeting at the estate. Lady Astor was still present a generation later when the Profumo scandal occurred. W…
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in January of 1963, at which point Hitchcock promptly contacted his uncle, David Bruce, and Corbley was then asked to visit the ambassador, who was friends with Lord Astor as well, and that they met at Cliveden the next day. Bruce asked Cor…
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Dulles brushed aside all of those concerns because they would make great qualities in his spy network, and he met with them routinely. He felt perfectly at ease in the company of people like that. Before the war, Dulles had been an occasion…
▶ 11:34
And one of her suitors was Waldorf Astor from the Waldorf Astoria fame. We've got Helena Zimmerman. She married a guy named William Montague, the Duke of Manchester. Yeah, I've read a lot about him. So I thought that story was good enough t…
▶ 11:34
And one of her suitors was Waldorf Astor from the Waldorf Astoria fame. We've got Helena Zimmerman. She married a guy named William Montague, the Duke of Manchester. Yeah, I've read a lot about him. So I thought that story was good enough t…
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invited Mrs. Astor to the party yet. And she's asked about it. She goes, well, how could I? Mrs. Astor has never called on me socially. Within two to three hours, Mrs. Astor was there in a coach in front of her mansion, in front of Alva's m…
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Yeah, I found it very interesting how he was such a fan of the Federalist model. I mean, obviously, one of my other big shows is the re-Federalist report. So I'm obviously an outspoken fan of Federalism. I think Acton is one of these, of al…
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He is in the New York State Assembly in 1878, New York State Senate in 1880. He tries to run for Congress twice and loses. And the reason for that is William Waldorf has a very shy personality. So in 1882, President of the United States, Ch…
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which is interesting. He's a guy with basically no political background. He just has the Astor family name and mountains of wealth, and then he's now going to be our ambassador to an important country like Italy, which is how all these amba…
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His middle name is Waldorf. That comes from the town in Germany that they're from. Hi there. The Waldorf Hotel is 13 stories high. This is a problem because it's right next door to the adjacent mansion of his aunt, socialite, Caroline Lena …
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convinces her to move away. And then he replaces the mansion with the Astoria Hotel. They combine the complex and you now get the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Remind me, Colonel, where did they have the very first meeting of the American Pilgrim …
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socialite circuit there's this list of like the 300 you have to be on the list of 300 to get invited to all the parties but number one on that list was always mrs astor somehow mrs astor whoever holds that title is the number one socialite …
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But William Waldorf's wife is probably the real Mrs. Astor. So we got a bit of a cat fight brewing in the social circles. Oh, no. Due to the conflict, William Waldorf moves to England. He would actually fake his own death in 1892 to disappe…
▶ 24:04
And he would gift all those to his son, Waldorf Astor, in 1914. He became a British subject in 1899. Because he renounced his American citizenship. Indeed. So he's part of this pilgrim society. He's got his loyalty to, oh, I don't know, the…
▶ 24:45
Oh, he also gave a ton of money to the British Red Cross. Any problems with that? Yes. Want to tell the audience why? Because the Red Cross was used basically during this time for covert operations. Indeed. And he's helping to fund that. He…
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anglo-american relationships in the media and we talked about the origins of the special relationship dates back to my favorite story about venezuela and how in 1895 this great rapprochement only happened because we were going to invade can…
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And if anybody exemplifies society's mix of old money, business and Anglo-American ties, it's him. And generations of Astors would be part of the Pilgrim Society. And I would also say that by moving to England and renouncing his American ci…
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that aristocratic structure and basically establishing political standing as a result of that. From a family that started out making flutes, trading opium, and then furs in Oregon. Which the opium part had to endear him to England. I'm just…