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  1. William Backhouse Astor Jr. (July 12, 1829 – April 25, 1892) 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 leader of New York society's "Four Hundred" during the Gilded Age.

  2. William Backhouse Astor, Jr. (July 12, 1830 – April 25, 1892) was a businessman and a member of the prominent Astor family. The younger son of William Backhouse Astor, Sr., he was joint heir to the Astor real estate empire, though he left its active management to his elder brother John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890).

  3. Apr 5, 2024 · William Backhouse Astor Jr. (July 12, 1829 – April 25, 1892) was an American businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, and yachtsman who was a member of the prominent Astor family. His elder brother, financier and philanthropist John Jacob Astor III, became head of the British line of Astors in England.

  4. Jan 30, 2022 · William Backhouse Astor Jr., July 12, 1829 – April 25, 1892, was a businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, yachtsman, and Astor Row in Harlem, NY, the founder who was a member of the prominent Astor family.

  5. Aug 6, 2011 · Astor’s horse “Vagrant” won the 1876 running of the Kentucky Derby. William Backhouse Astor, Jr. died of an aneurysm in 1892 in Paris, France. He was buried in Trinity Cemetery in Washington Heights, in Harlem, New York.

  6. William Backhouse Astor Jr. Businessman, Member of the prominent Astor family. He was the ancestor of the U.S. branch of the Astor family, which came to an end in the male line at the end of the 20th century. Astor graduated from Columbia College in 1849.

  7. Jan 6, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a prominent entrepreneur and member of the Astor family.

  8. May 2, 2022 · William Backhouse Astor, Jr. (July 12, 1829 – April 25, 1892) was a businessman and a member of the prominent Astor family. He was the ancestor of the U.S. branch of the Astor family, which came to an end in the male line at the end of the 20th century.

  9. William Backhouse Astor, 1792–1875, American financier, b. New York City; son of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848). Educated in Germany, he was associated with his father in business after 1818.

  10. Apr 10, 2018 · He was brought up between the W.B. Astor House on Lafayette Place, New York City, and his family's country estate in the Hudson Valley, Rokeby. William was bright, finishing near to the top of his class at Columbia College.

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