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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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Viscount Astor

Viscount Astor is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.

Summary

1917. 1st. William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor [aged 68] created.

18th October 1919. 2nd. Son Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor [aged 40] succeeded.

30th September 1952. 3rd. Son William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor [aged 45] succeeded.

7th March 1966. 4th. Son William Astor 4th Viscount Astor [aged 14] succeeded.

In 1917 William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor [aged 68] was created 1st Viscount Astor.

On 18th October 1919 William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount Astor [aged 71] died. His son Waldorf [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Viscount Astor, 2nd Baron Astor.

On 30th September 1952 Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor [aged 73] died. His son William [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Viscount Astor, 3rd Baron Astor. Sarah Norton Viscountess Astor [aged 32] by marriage Viscountess Astor.

On 26th April 1955 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor [aged 47] and Phillipa Victoria Hunloke Viscountess Astor [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Astor. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry Philip Hunloke [aged 48] and Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich [aged 45].

On 14th October 1960 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor [aged 53] and Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Astor. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

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Janet Bronwen Alun-Pugh Viscountess Astor: On 6th June 1930 she was born. On 28th December 2017 she died.

On 7th March 1966 William Waldorf Astor 3rd Viscount Astor [aged 58] died. His son William [aged 14] succeeded 4th Viscount Astor, 4th Baron Astor.