Michael Astor
The Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor was a British 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 Witcher Langhorne, both Members of Parliament. He was educated at Eton College and gained the rank of Captain, serving in the Royal Artillery.Career
He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey East in the 1945 general election. He kept his seat in the 1950 election but did not stand in 1951. He wrote a memoir, Tribal Feeling, published in 1963, and a novel, Brand, published in 1968.Astor married three times:
