William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor two daughters and seven grandchildren: Astor died in Nassau, Bahamas, at age 58 from a heart attack and was buried in the Octagon Temple at Cliveden. His son succeeded him in the viscountcy. William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor William Waldorf Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor (13 August 1907 – 7 March 1966) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was also a member of the Astor family. William was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne (by marriage, Viscountess Astor). He was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford. In 1932, Astor was appointed
John Jacob Astor IV on him was a gold pocket watch which his son Vincent claimed and wore the rest of his life. Astor was buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan, New York City. Four months after "Titanic" sank, Madeleine Astor gave birth to his second son, John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI. Astor left $69 million of his $85 million estate (equivalent to approximately $1.75 billion in 2017 dollars) to Vincent. This value included his estate in Rhinebeck and his yacht, the "Noma". To Madeleine Force Astor, he left $100,000 as an outright bequest as well as a $5 million trust fund from