Editing Michael Astor

{{short description|British politician (1916–1980)}}
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[[File:Michael Langhorne Astor.jpg|thumb|right|Michael Langhorne Astor, 1948]]
The Hon. '''Michael Langhorne Astor''' (10 April 1916 – 28 February 1980) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.

==Early life==
Michael Astor was born on 10 April 1916. He was the fourth child of [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor]], and [[Nancy Astor|Nancy Witcher Langhorne]], both [[Members of Parliament]].<ref name="G">{{cite web |title=Michael Langhorne Astor |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Michael-Astor/6000000000889501006 |website=Geni.com |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref> He attended prep school at St. Michael's, [[Uckfield]], where he was a contemporary of the future writer and painter [[Denton Welch]], who later included him in a short story. He was educated at [[Eton College]] and gained the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], serving in the [[Royal Artillery]] ([[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]).<ref name="G"/> He served as an officer during WW2 in "Phantom" GHQ Liaison Regiment.

==Career==
He was elected as Conservative [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Surrey East]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hon. Michael Astor |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/16516/michael_astor/east_surrey |website=They Work For You |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref> He kept his seat in the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 election]] but did not stand in [[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]. He wrote a memoir, ''Tribal Feeling'', published in 1963, and a novel, ''Brand'', published in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tribal Feeling |url=https://archive.org/details/tribalfeeling00asto/page/n7 |website=Internet Archive |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Astor married three times:
* Barbara McNeill (1942–1961), with whom he had four children.  
* Pandora Clifford (1961–1968). [[Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor|Annabel Jones]], his stepdaughter from his second marriage, married his nephew, [[William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Colacello |first1=Bob |title=Inside the Very Charmed World of British Noble Annabel Astor |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/11/annabel-astor-british-noble-ginge-manor |magazine=Vanity Fair |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref>
* Judith Innes (1970–1980), with whom he had a daughter, Polly in 1971. Polly has a daughter, Martha West, with actor [[Dominic West]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anthony |first1=Andrew |title=Interview Way out West Andrew Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/oct/26/dominic-west-the-wire-television |website=The Guardian |accessdate=6 January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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  | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|East Surrey]]
  | years  = [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]–[[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]
  | before = [[Charles Campbell Emmott]]
  | after  = [[Charles Doughty (UK politician)|Charles Doughty]]
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