The Astors - America's 'Royal' Families

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The Astors... Chances are you’ve hear the name of this prominent and obscenely wealthy dynasty of gilded age America. You may have been to a hotel, library, subway station or town that bares their name; vaguely remember that one of them went down with the Titanic, or recall seeing their modern decedents in US or UK tabloids. But who were these captains of industry and Queens of society? Today we’ll sort out the Astor family tree, put faces to the famous names and unearth their scandals! We’ll explore how they got their incredible wealth, what they did with it and what their decedents are up to today.
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@tinas_hotdog_sophie 5 месяцев назад

Lindsay, are you making a video about Queen Margarete's abdication? And why she and Beatrice can abdicate but Lizzy couldn't (They used a term in The Crown, that is slipping my mind atm, but I guess you also watched the series)

@LindsayHoliday 5 месяцев назад

Yes! I started working on it this morning. If all goes well, the next 2 weeks will be videos on Margrethe II, Frederik X and the Danish monarchy!

@nicksworld2233 5 месяцев назад

Thank You @@LindsayHoliday 😃

@franziskaohrt294 5 месяцев назад

LINDSAY ❤ THAT'S GREAT ❤ if I recall it well enough Queen Elizabeth II could not/ would not abdicate because of her speech which was broadcasted from South Africa (?!) When she decated her life to the crown n commonwealth.. so technically she could have abdicated but that would have meant breaking her word which in course of her uncle s abdication was a no go

@andypham1636 5 месяцев назад

abdication is seen as a no no in the British monarchy, especially since QEII's dad was thrust onto the throne because of one

@angelmendez2769 5 месяцев назад

@@LindsayHolidayAmazing. I love your work! 😇

@fiig5196 5 месяцев назад

“ he was infertile and she was a lesbian so that marriage only lasted 26 years “ this made me bust up laughing for some reason

@scrappy00001 5 месяцев назад

Same, I was scrolling to find out if anyone felt the same. Most marriages don’t last that long

@haute03 5 месяцев назад

The sarcasm was so well done! I cracked up too! 😂

@nathy0308 5 месяцев назад

Same 😂

@savannah115 3 месяца назад

Saaaaame I actually guffawed

@rachelw1076 Месяц назад

😂

@lakrids-pibe 5 месяцев назад

My sympathy goes to the brother who married a farmers daughter and cut his ties with that crazy, toxic bunch.

@Jiffypop 5 месяцев назад

The more I learn about these “great” families, the less admirable they become.

@alperry02 5 месяцев назад

Exactly.

@henrylivingstone2971 4 месяца назад

The only thing “great” about them is the extent of their fortunes

@vickimingus9281 4 месяца назад

i know

@michelleburkholder2547 5 месяцев назад

Henry Astor is my favorite. I love the one who will walk away from a fortune to live an authentic life with people he loved.

@thenamazing6530 5 месяцев назад

Today I learned that John Jacob Astor was more than just "that guy who died on the Titanic." His science fiction novel is public domain and available on Project Gutenberg.

@love2000amglam 11 дней назад

Oh sweet! Thanks for the tip.

@VulturesArePeopleToo 5 месяцев назад

EVERY time you say John Jacob....my brain just goes straight to this......John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can't stop

@andypham1636 5 месяцев назад

Franklin from American housewife

@Dresdenflower 4 месяца назад

After all, his name is my name too. 😄

@anonbye 2 месяца назад

+ Whenever we go out , the people always shout THERE GOES JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT NANANANA~ 💃 (I 1st heard this song from the Recess School’s Out movie cry😢)

@sjm9876 Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@user-wl8rr7wb4y Месяц назад

@@anonbyeI learn that song in music 🎶 class 🔙 in elementary school about half a century ago 😂.

@Crumbsx13 5 месяцев назад

Important to note Nancy Astor wasnt the first female MP, it was Constance Markievicz. She didnt take her seat as she was an irish republican and didnt recognise the sovreignty of the british parliament

@John-qd5of 5 месяцев назад

That's right: she wouldn't take up her seat in parliament, because parliament did not recognise the right of Irish people to be free. Therefore Constance Markiewicz refused to recognise parliament. It is a bit like Sinn Fein M.P.'s todah.

@John-qd5of 5 месяцев назад

Years and years ago, my mother and I watched a TV drama about the life of Nancy Astor in the UK. She married an aristocrat, became a defender of women's rights, and finally an M.P.

@Crumbsx13 5 месяцев назад

she was a sinn fein mp @@John-qd5of

@areiaaphrodite 5 месяцев назад

Nancy Astor: Sir, if you were my husband, Id poison your tea! Winston Churchill: Madame, if you were my wife, Id drink it!

@ericcub78 5 месяцев назад

On your family tree for the Astors, you have William Backhouse Astor Sr.'s wife as Sarah Cox Todd, which was his mother's name.

@stannieholt8766 5 месяцев назад

I noticed that too. William B’s wife was named Margaret Alida Rebecca Armstrong.

@susannpatton2893 5 месяцев назад

I mentioned that in my post just a few minutes ago. I wondered if mom was the grandmother and mother of and she wasn't telling that part 😅

@tondriasanders6306 5 месяцев назад

Oh thank god you guys saw it too! I thought I was losing my mind! I rewatched several times trying to see what I had missed and when I didn’t I came into the comments to make sure I wasn’t the only one.

@thickymcchicky6987 5 месяцев назад

Fun fact! HMS is usually reserved for warships, titanic had the prefix RMS as a royal mail steamer, had the ship not sank in 1912 it’s likely she would have either bore HMT(his majesty’s troopship) or HMHS if she had been requisitioned as a hospital ship during world war one

@Urijah-li5lk 5 месяцев назад

Fun fact, that is exactly what happened to titanic sisters, RMS olympic (troop carrier, scrapped 1935) and RMS Britannic (hospital ship, sank in 1916)

@davemochaccino6727 5 месяцев назад

“The war of 1812 cut off trade with Europe, so John Jacob got involved in the opium business” well that escalated quickly. But fascinating video nonetheless

@areiaaphrodite 5 месяцев назад

I love Nancy Astor, the Viscountess Astor. She was legendary for her fiesty nature and her banters with William Churchill. Churchill: * says something along the lunes of having a woman in Parliament is like having a woman encroach on him in the bathroom* Nancy: Sir, you are not handsome enough to have such fears

@okiejammer2736 5 месяцев назад

😂

@ethangrant8736 5 месяцев назад

Did you miss the appeasing hitler part

@areiaaphrodite 5 месяцев назад

@ethangrant8736 And Gandhi slept naked with underage girls, and yet people still idolise him. Literally, every person in history did something messed up because humans aren't perfect.It's just a game of picking your poison. It didn't make her any less brilliant, funny, or witty and didn't stop her from still being remembered as the first woman to be voted into Parliament.

@dreapress1227 5 месяцев назад

Nancy was sounding kind of cool til the appeasing Hitler part . Wow. Not cool at all.

@vivienmartin225 5 месяцев назад

You love her? Interesting. Guess you love Hitler too.

@lillyknox254 5 месяцев назад

the cycles of high society are funny. all old money families were part of the “noveau riche” at some point

@lakrids-pibe 5 месяцев назад

I'm sorry, but I prefer to eat dinner with people who doesn't wipe their hands in my dress.

@loiscobb687 5 месяцев назад

I really enjoy the HBO gilded age series. It made me want to look at these old and new money families and you've done a much better job. Thank you 👏 for your excellent research

@loiscobb687 5 месяцев назад

I just finished watching the end of The Crown series which I thought was excellently acted. My question is how true was the series?

@skylarerhardthomesandreale262 5 месяцев назад

My comment will likely get lost here but your dad’s hometown is Astoria?? I’m from there and my family has been there for 5 generations, I’ve been watching your channel for years, what a small world!!!

@dizzyupmeems 20 дней назад

I live less than an hour from there! Small world indeed!

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 5 месяцев назад

Can you do the Vanderbilt family next and I am asking because they transformed the geography of the United States by investing in the rapidly growing railroad industry but I am also asking because the descendants of the first famous Vanderbilt Cornelius Commadore Vanderbilt have a lot of titles like The Earls of Nottingham, Earls of Winchilsea , The counts of Szechenyi, Dukes of Marlborough, Earls of Inchcape and the Pease Baronets of Hummersknott and the family also includes the famous actor Timothy Olyphant.

@LindsayHoliday 5 месяцев назад

Yes, if this video does well I will be doing episodes on the Vanderbilts and several other famous families!

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 5 месяцев назад

@@LindsayHoliday okay thanks because I am interested in commodore Vanderbilt.

@justineharper3346 5 месяцев назад

@@LindsayHolidayI hope it does well because I would love videos on American “royalty”. I’m American, but I feel like I know more about other countries important dynasties lol

@John-qd5of 5 месяцев назад

It is a little known fact that ancestors of Princess Diana on the Spencer side married the daughter of an American tycoon in the gilded age. He believed his son's family were corrupt, inbred and effete.

@iamanovercomer6906 3 месяца назад

@@LindsayHolidayI hope its done well enough

@lucyjane3803 5 месяцев назад

This reminded me of when I was researching the Grosvenor family in London for a work project - much like the Astors buying some farms that became Fifth Avenue, it went something along the lines of them buying some fields in medieval times that are now Mayfair 😅

@CamilleKim02 5 месяцев назад

NOTE At 18:43, her surname "Pugh" is pronounced "pew." And at 18:50, is the "Profumo Affair" not "Profuma"

@elleni-41 5 месяцев назад

During Christmas I watched all the videos of Christmas traditions.. absolutely loved those videos, that I watched them a second time..😅😅

@zomgmolly 5 месяцев назад

Yes 🙌 I’m so interested in their story. I’ve realized I know much less about American history than I do European 😅 I’m very glad to learn more about our country from you! Thank you, Lindsay!

@alperry02 5 месяцев назад

This was so interesting! I hope you continue this series about the American gilded age wealthy families

@dymondsobiesczyk16 5 месяцев назад

Me living in Green Bay 90% of my life and drove past the Astor House Bed and Breakfast numerous times, never put that together. 😅

@TheDecoCottage 5 месяцев назад

As a Green Bay native, there is no “Astor Street.” We have Astor Park, which is a historic neighborhood named after John Jacob Astor.

@lucypreece7581 5 месяцев назад

I never knew who these people were. I am British. We don;t learn about this kind of stuff at school so it is very interesting to learn about families like these. I remember having to learn some information about a company I had applied to work for. I didn't get the job in the end but learning about the history of the company was genuinley interesting. I had applied to a Jewellery store and the origings of it was interesting. From humble beginnings of Jewish Immigrants in Ireland selling luxury goods from a suitcase to a national company with members of thesame original family still at the helm

@areiaaphrodite 5 месяцев назад

I'm British, too, and I knew about Nancy Astor

@lucypreece7581 5 месяцев назад

@@areiaaphrodite I think I have heard the name but never any details about who she is

@justineharper3346 5 месяцев назад

I’m American, and I don’t know much about them. Our history isn’t taught very well over here. The only thing I knew was that one of them went down with the Titanic, and that’s only because i was obsessed with that subject growing up lol

@thedorkone1516 5 месяцев назад

I'm American, and we don't learn this stuff in school either -- though I expect that the Astors might come up in New York schools the way people like Daniel Boon and Stephan Foster came up where I went to school -- as local famous people from Ye Olde Days who have their names on things.

@annbsirius1703 5 месяцев назад

As an American I never learned about Nancy Astor in school, but I'm surprised she doesn't get at least a mention in British schools. It may depend on your teacher for that subject or what the school decides is important.

@DarthDread-oh2ne 5 месяцев назад

My stories, America does have A imperial family.

@areiaaphrodite 5 месяцев назад

*An imperial fantasy

@TJTHEFOOTBALLPROPHET 5 месяцев назад

You have been on fire!!! Just when I think you can't top your last video you top it! From Your number one fan in New Orleans!❤

@DawnShipley1977 5 месяцев назад

I love Astoria! I live a few hours away from it.

@vivienmartin225 5 месяцев назад

It’s so crazy to think that without private investments and projects from these people, New York City would not be the place it is today. This is why encouraging the citizens of a country to build businesses and investments is sooo important

@jaysmakingprogress 4 месяца назад

Thanks for this. I’m a descendant of the Schermerhorn family and I knew very little about their Astor connection until now.

@stacyk123 5 месяцев назад

If you're going to do American dynasties, you HAVE to do the Kennedys. They're probably the closest thing to royalty America has ever had.

@sarahcortese8558 2 дня назад

Just wanted to say thank you for making these videos! I just finished watching Downton Abbey, the Crown, and Victoria, and had no idea I was as interested in this history as I was. Your content is extremely enjoyable to watch and also super informative.

@joanngreen7059 5 месяцев назад

Thank for doing this video on what we call in America the Robber Barons your video highlights just a few of them.

@sugarplum5824 4 месяца назад

What a fascinating video! I have always been interested in Nancy Langhorne Astor, as she spent part of her childhood near my hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. Her home in Albemarle County, Mirador, still stands today and is the epitome of Southern charm. Her life was incredibly interesting, along with the lives of her 4 sisters. "Five Sisters: The Langhorne Sisters of Virginia" by James Fox, is a riveting read. Her younger sister, Irene, was the original Gibson Girl. Thank you again for a wonderfully entertaining, well researched and informative piece of American and British history. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@tundrawomansays694 Месяц назад

Thanks for this information. Much appreciated.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 5 месяцев назад

Your videos always make my day! You're simply amazing at what you do and an inspiration! Keep beign the best! May this year be full of blessings for you linsay! I know it will be for us thanks to you! Please do a video on margarthe ii! with her adbication in favor of her son coming it would be very interesting!

@samuelcohen2362 5 месяцев назад

It still blows my mind that you can be as rich as John Jacob and then just die like everyone else. Money truly can't save you from death, yet 😜

@edinagaspar722 5 месяцев назад

Probably, could have bribed people but he was a gentleman

@v.l.7656 4 месяца назад

How profound 🙄

@Akuchan7 2 месяца назад

I was thinking that too. When I heard about all the evil stuff he did I thought well, money can’t buy you entry into heaven. Hope his sins were paid for!

@Lcngopher 5 месяцев назад

NASCAR held their annual awards banquet at the waldorf astoria hotel from 1981-2008. It moved to the grand ball room in 1984, where it remained until NASCAR took the banquet to vegas in 2009

@bethanymargason8383 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for showing us a photo of you and your dad in Astoria,Oregon! I recognize the bridge in the background! Happy New Year!

@victoriagoss8681 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic video as always. Thanks Lindsay

@caroleharris3450 5 месяцев назад

My secondary school was called Astor of heaver, in Kent UK, we had lord Astor of beaver speak at a speech day once. The school now goes by another name I think.

@emilybarclay8831 Месяц назад

I believe it’s called St Augustine Academy now. The original academy closed down in 2011 and it was sorta renamed/reborn as St Augustine

@brittanybradford5075 5 месяцев назад

This was one of your best breakdowns! So interesting to see this one families influence on a global society!

@candiceyoung8244 5 месяцев назад

After having watched a few years i have to say,this is your very best video. Thank you ❤

@not.atyrant 5 месяцев назад

i would love to see you do a video on the Vanderbilt family!

@matthewandheatherford2974 5 месяцев назад

William astor Jr bought 12000 acres in Florida originally called Manhattan now known as Astor, FL.

@okiejammer2736 5 месяцев назад

This was so interesting. Well-researched. Thank you.

@sequandi5741 5 месяцев назад

We visit Astoria, Or often! Only live about 2hrs away, Tapiola Park is the best park!

@leeannmaiden1 5 месяцев назад

So happy you made this I have been craving something to watch some the guilded age ended!!

@Kryssikinsable 5 месяцев назад

Happy new year Miss Lindsay!

@nathy0308 5 месяцев назад

This was really good tea

@WindQueen12 5 месяцев назад

That was so interesting, thank you Lindsay!

@KellyBurnett138 5 месяцев назад

Enjoyed this IMMENSELY! 🤗 Thank you for sharing this… 25:12 😮 “marriage only lasted 26 years” 😂

@TiffanyCalverley 5 месяцев назад

My grandmas family lived in Astoria for quite a while after moving from Oklahoma. I was always curious why it was named after that family!

@Limegreenedragon 5 месяцев назад

Hey Lindsay, you plan on doing a vid about Queen Margrathie after hearing the news about her abdication on the 14th of January?

@marimccarthy386 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video. I enjoyed it very much

@annbsirius1703 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video, Lindsay, but I wouldn't have minded a longer 2 parter. I don't often have 45 minutes to watch a video, but don't mind 20 here or there. There's a lot to unpack with the Astors, and you did a great job, But it just seemed a little rushed.

@carlylewis7088 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant episode! More like this please ❤

@Elvertaw 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video!! I knew there were American and British Astor’s but didn’t know how the family got that way! ❤

@timpancakes2011 5 месяцев назад

Ohhhh very interesting! I just binge watched the Gilded Age so I clicked this video super fast. I had no idea Astoria Or was named for them! I love how much I learn from your channel

@DarrinsDaffs 5 месяцев назад

Lindsey, thank you so much for this very interesting look into American “aristocracy”!

@avon1243 5 месяцев назад

Very interesting and well researched.

@christymcwisty2325 5 месяцев назад

This was so interesting!

@TVandManga 5 месяцев назад

Great video!

@sophroniel 5 месяцев назад

John Jacob and Vincent look so much like brothers tho!!! He was def an Astor. I doubt the naïve 18 year old knew or would risk sleeping around in that time, tbh.

@robinhumphrey2692 Месяц назад

That’s a lot of information!! Thanks!

@MuddieRain 5 месяцев назад

After 37 years. This is the first time hearing about them. Not saying I never came across the name. But this is the first

@susannpatton2893 5 месяцев назад

😂 you lead a sheltered life

@emilybarclay8831 Месяц назад

@@susannpatton2893or they’re just from one of the 194 countries in the world who don’t give a shit about American history

@aliceingoryland 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!!!! I've been so into the guilded age lately

@danielsantiagourtado3430 5 месяцев назад

Happy new year lindsay!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

@user-gh7fz8oc2r 5 месяцев назад

Yay!!! Thanks for this, you're the best

@karmagirl314 Месяц назад

"Mumps left him infertile and his wife was a lesbian so that marriage only lasted.... 27 years". I'm crying, that might be the funniest thing I've heard in weeks.

@rommelyndeguzman1068 5 месяцев назад

I really like your video its so educating, thanks to you I get to knows so much and it helped me so much in my study.

@jalleelbansie7565 5 месяцев назад

Loved this episode

@noormanes3972 5 месяцев назад

I really like listening to your podcast.

@marcusanark2541 5 месяцев назад

Very interested in the history of Old Money families.

@TiemposDePaz 5 месяцев назад

I have never seen a young picture of FDR! He was striking. Even after visitng Hyde Park, I didn't see a picture of him at that age. (I just googled it, this is FDR and Eleanor Roosevelts son in the colorized photo, FDR Junior, not the president - well his son was good looking!). Did you do a video on the Roosevelt family tree? Also entwined with Old New York families, including the Astors, of course. I went to FDR's home in Oyster Bay. It was a great trip. North Shore of Long Island has several homes and tours available (Vanderbilt, Roosevelt), similar to Hudson River Valley area.

@applejellypucci 4 месяца назад

I think FDR Sr. was not bad looking even in older age. Illness took a toll but you can look at Sr.'s photos and tell he was good looking in his day. His son was also handsome 😊

@cassiefriedman1446 4 месяца назад

I love learning about history thank you Lindsay ❤❤❤

@danielsantiagourtado3430 5 месяцев назад

Looking forward to another amazing year with your content! You're one lf the Best! An inspiration! You're amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑👑

@LindsayHoliday 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!

@danielsantiagourtado3430 5 месяцев назад

@@LindsayHoliday always

@gd7886 5 месяцев назад

Lindsay! What about Countess Markievicz? SHE was the first elected female MP. Just because she never took her seat doesn't mean her achievement shouldn't be recognised!

@jeni040866 5 месяцев назад

Yes, Nancy Astor was the first female MP to TAKE her seat since Sinn Féin MPs will not make the required oath of allegiance as they believe in a united Ireland not ruled from Westminster.

@gd7886 5 месяцев назад

Daniel O'Connell fought for Catholics to have the right to exemption. The oath was not a necessity. Anyway my point was merely that the title on the video was misleading and diminishing Countess Markievicz achievement.

@PistachioDean 5 месяцев назад

[Vincent Astor] was unique among the Astors, in that he had a social conscious. LOL. I love how unassuming this channel is and then she just drops bombs like that haha.

@courtneycunningham9942 4 месяца назад

So interesting! I can't wait for the Vanderbilt and Rockefeller family videos

@geodoumerc8116 4 месяца назад

OmG! Your first clip from your phone made me jump with the noise and the volume level change!

@sydneyfairbairn3773 5 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@Sai.Divine 2 месяца назад

I’m from nyc, it’s so weird to hear all these train stops connected to people lol. Thanks for the video :)

@lfgifu296 5 месяцев назад

omg in the thumbnail I read “Founding Father” rather than “Furry Founder”😭 I just thought hmmm? Happy New Year all :)

@crystalmesser6902 5 месяцев назад

😂😅😂

@TJTHEFOOTBALLPROPHET 5 месяцев назад

This video was 'Billie Jean' on a 'Thriller' album full of hits!❤❤❤

@advocacynaccountablity 2 месяца назад

So from opportunistic merchants, to drug dealers, to slum lords... When you see rich families, it's important to know how they got that money.

@nicksworld2233 5 месяцев назад

HI Lindsay I loved this video but can u make a video on Queen Margarete II of Denmark as she has announced her abdication on January 14th . Sad that she is Abdicating but happy that she can now rest n Prince Fredrick has a chance to rule with his mother by his side

@vallergy 11 дней назад

My school dorm in Newport was named after them.

@jeannedouglas9912 3 месяца назад

Anyone ever research where the Mckenzie and Ellsworth and Douglas' houses play a part in the Astor fur trading empire?

@CherokeeBird 5 месяцев назад

American Royalty. Fun fact: 70% of Americans today are decended from the royal and noble families of the world. I love your videos 🥰

@jordannanicoledavis175 Месяц назад

The ocean liner was actually called the RMS Titanic, it stands for Royal Mail Steamer. 😊😊

@amberwilcox2416 5 месяцев назад

Oooooo I'm hoping we get to watch more on "American royalty " ❤❤

@Bughotwheels 5 месяцев назад

Cool history 😎😎😎😎

@UzomaOkonkwo 17 дней назад

So much to unpack

@Richardsonprincess00 5 месяцев назад

No wonder the Astor family is the American royalty of the elite. Hopefully to do American Royalty soon.

@matrixiekitty2127 5 месяцев назад

It’s good that some of the wealth built on the suffering of nature, Native Americans, and poor immigrants went into philanthropy but money doesn’t fully erase it either.

@laughswhentickled 5 месяцев назад

David Cameron’s link to the Astors is via his wife. Lord Astor is the step father of Samantha Cameron.

@heathergibbs2904 5 месяцев назад

I liked and shared this video 📹 out your welcome Lindsay

@katka5407 5 месяцев назад

Please ,do you think that you could do video on Maude de Braose ?I read a book Lady of Hay that was inspired by her life and it was really interesting!