From a German immigrant who arrived in America with nothing to a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, the Astor family’s story is ...

The story of the Astor family is one of immense fortune, ambition, tragedy, and scandal. It all began with John Jacob Astor, an immigrant from modern-day Germany who arrived in the United States ...

¶ As the Empire’s superior court of appeal, squelched the lengthy efforts of the Crown to squeeze further income tax payments out of Hon. William Waldorf Astor, shy young son and heir of bold ...