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     Anne Page Croft was born circa 1874. She was the daughter of Richard Benyon Croft and Anne Elizabeth Page.¹ She married Charles Alexander Nall-Cain, 1st Baron Brocket, son of Robert Cain and Anne Newall, on 27 October 1928.¹ She died on 18 October 1949.²
     From 27 October 1928, her married name became Nall-Cain.¹ She was invested as a Companion, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.).² She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).² As a result of her marriage, Anne Page Croft was styled as Baroness Brocket on 19 January 1933.

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor was born on 20 November 1920.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever and Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound.¹ He married Emily Lucy Kinloch, daughter of Sir Alexander Davenport Kinloch, 12th Bt., on 8 November 1950.¹ He died on 7 June 1999 at age 78.²
     Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Intelligence Corps.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was on the staff of The Times in 1947.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Berkshire in 1953.¹ He was a director of the Times Publishing Company between 1956 and 1966.¹ He was Deputy-Chairman of the Times Publishing Company between 1959 and 1966.¹ He was a director of Hambros Bank Ltd.¹ He was a director of Phoenix Assurance.¹ He was a director of Olympia Ltd.¹ He was a director of Hutchinson Ltd.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Berkshire between 1963 and 1964.¹ He was Deputy-Chairman of Olympia Ltd between 1971 and 1973.¹ He lived in 1999 at Folly Farm, Sulhamstead, Reading, Berkshire, England.¹

     Emily Lucy Kinloch is the daughter of Sir Alexander Davenport Kinloch, 12th Bt.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor, son of Lt.-Col. John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever and Lady Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, on 8 November 1950.¹
     Her married name became Astor.

     
     Sir Alexander Davenport Kinloch, 12th Bt. gained the title of 12th Baronet Kinloch, of Glimerton.¹

     Robert Hugh Astor was born on 27 January 1958.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor and Emily Lucy Kinloch.¹ He married Diana M. Murray, daughter of Dr. Louis Murray, in 1991.¹

     Virginia Lucy Astor was born on 5 August 1951.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor and Emily Lucy Kinloch.¹ She married Richard Denis Wyer McGillycuddy in 1984.¹
     Of the McGillycuddys of the Reeks.¹ From 1984, her married name became McGillycuddy.¹

     Anna Roxelana Ward was born in 1987.¹ She is the daughter of Hon. Edward Nicholas Ward and Rachel Mary Astor.¹

     Jean Violet Astor was born on 25 January 1962.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor and Emily Lucy Kinloch.¹ She married John Maximilian Halford-Thompson, son of Lt.-Col. Peter Halford-Thompson, in 1982.¹
     From 1982, her married name became Halford-Thompson.¹

     James Alexander Waldorf Astor was born on 16 September 1965.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor and Emily Lucy Kinloch.¹ He married Janine Valentine, daughter of James Valentine, on 21 September 1996.¹

     William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor was born on 31 March 1848 at New York, U.S.A..¹ He was the son of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Charlotte Augusta Gibbes.¹ He married Mary Dahlgren Paul, daughter of James William Paul, on 6 June 1878.¹ He died on 18 October 1919 at age 71 at Western House, Brighton, Sussex, England.¹ He was buried on 22 October 1919 at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England, after cremation.¹
     William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor also went by the nick-name of Willie.² He graduated from Columbia University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He was a barrister in 1875 at U.S.A.¹ He held the office of a Member of the New York Legislature in 1878.¹ He held the office of a Member of the New York Legislature in 1881.¹ He held the office of Minister for the U.S.A. in Italy between 1882 and 1885.¹ He wrote the book Valentino: an Historical Romance of the Sixteenth Century in Italy, published 1885.^1,2 He wrote the book Sforza: a Story of Milan, published 1889.^1,2 He wrote the book Pharoah's Daughter, published 1890.¹ In 1893 he became the owner of the Pall Mall Gazette and Pall Mall Magazine, and later the Observer.¹ He founded the Waldorf Hotel (later the Waldorf-Astoria) in New York.² He wrote the book John Jacob Astor, published 1899.² He was naturalized as a U.K. citizen in 1899.¹ He was created 1st Baron Astor, of Hever Castle, co. Kent [U.K.] on 26 January 1916.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Astor [U.K.] on 23 June 1917.¹ He lived at Hever Castle, Kent, England.³
     He was a generous donor to the Prince of Wales and other War Funds.¹ According to his Times obituary, he was "very widely read in English, French, and Italian, he loved his Dumas notably; was versed in much war literature, and a real expert on the American Civil War. His colleciton of rare things went beyond the orbit of the splendid connoisseur and approached the museum ... Within his double moat and behind his own drawbridge at Hever he was possessed by thoughts of old romance, lived deep in a meditative atmosphere belonging to it, while, at the same time, as a man of business he was diligent, orderly, masterly, and never ceased to be one of the most potent men of business in two hemispheres."⁴ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁵