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Astor, John Jacob, (1886-1971), 1st Baron Astor, newspaper proprietor

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Surname: Astor
Forenames: John Jacob
Gender: Male
Date: 1886-1971
Title: 1st Baron Astor
Biography: ODNB link for Astor, John Jacob (1886-1971) 1st Baron Astor, newspaper proprietor
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P164728 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P941 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
papers
News UK Archive
NRA 19359 The Times
2
personal papers remain in family possession
See information in published source
See Cook, Leonard & Leese, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 2, 1994
3
estate corresp and papers
New York Historical Society
See NUC MS 76-645
4
1929-61: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook
Parliamentary Archives
NRA 19284 Aitken
5
1921-41: corresp with Geoffrey Dawson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 25619
6
1965-80: letters (12) to Christopher Sykes rel to Nancy Astor's biography
Georgetown University: Special Collections, Lauinger Library
NRA 41595