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Astor, John Jacob

Astor, John Jacob (1763–1848) US financier, b. Germany. Astor founded the American Fur Company in 1808 and, after 1812, acquired a virtual monopoly of the US fur trade. In the 1830s he concentrated on land investment and became the wealthiest man in the USA. His great-great-grandson, Viscount William Waldorf Astor (1879–1952), was married to Nancy Astor. Viscount Astor was owner of the Observer newspaper and his brother, John Jacob (1886–1971), 1st Baron Astor of Hever, was owner (1922–66) of The Times.

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