David Pullinger - Cliveden - The American Millionaires
Mon, May 13th 2024 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America's richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how it became the centre of high society in the 20's and 30's.
For centuries Britain’s country houses were the exclusive preserve of the traditional landed gentry of lords and ladies. But starting in the late nineteenth century an entirely different kind of proprietor began to take up residence. American money – lots of it – came across the Atlantic, wealthy industrialists and self-made men like William Waldorf Astor.
Discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920s and 30s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter-in-law Nancy Astor. The Astor’s time at Cliveden came to an end in the 1960s after the estate became infamously associated with Profumo Affair but the estate continues to reflect their innovations and passions
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