William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor He took his seat in the House of Lords, forcing a by-election in Wycombe, which was won by the Conservative candidate John Hall. During the 1963 Profumo Affair, Astor was accused of having an affair with Mandy Rice-Davies. In response to being told during one of the trials arising out of the scandal that Astor had denied having an affair with her, Rice-Davies famously replied, "He would, wouldn't he?" Astor then took over the family's Cliveden estate in Buckinghamshire, where he and his family continued to live until 1966. Active in thoroughbred horse racing, he inherited Cliveden Stud, a horse
Bronwen Astor Bronwen Astor Janet Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor ("née" Alun Pugh; 6 June 1930 – 28 December 2017) was an English model. She was muse to the couturier Pierre Balmain, who called her one of the most beautiful women he had ever met. Born in London, the daughter of John Alun Pugh, the Dowager Lady Astor was generally known by her middle name, "Bronwen". After the sudden death of a friend in 1951, she embarked on an inner journey of self-discovery culminating in 1959 in a profound mystical experience. On 14 October 1960 she married William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (known