Editing David Astor (section)

{{Short description|English newspaper publisher, member of Astor family}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]]
|name = David Astor
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|caption     = 
|office      = Editor of ''[[The Observer]]''
|term        = 1948–1975
|predecessor = [[Ivor Brown]] 
|successor   = [[Donald Trelford]]
|birthname   = Francis David Langhorne Astor
|birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|3|5}}
|birth_place = [[London]], England
|death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|12|7|1912|3|5}}
|death_place = London, England
|resting_place = [[Sutton Courtenay]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
|residence   = [[Manor House (Sutton Courtenay)|Sutton Courtenay Manor House]]
|education   = [[West Downs School]]<br>[[Balliol College, Oxford]]
|parents     = [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldorf Astor]]<br>[[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor|Nancy Witcher Langhorne]]
|spouse      = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Melanie Hauser<br>|1945|1951|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Bridget Aphra Wreford<br>|1952|2001|reason=}}
}}
|children    = 6
}}
'''Francis David Langhorne Astor''' (5 March 1912 – 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of ''[[The Observer]]'' at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the [[Astor family]], "the landlords of New York".