Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor
Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 14 August 1948), is an English businesswoman and socialite who is the CEO of OKA, a home furnishings design company.[1] Prior to co-founding OKA, she was the owner and designer of the Annabel Jones jewellery business in London.
The Viscountess Astor | |
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| Born | Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones 1948 (age 71–72) Woolwich, London, England |
| Occupation | Jewelry designer, businesswoman |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 5, including Samantha Cameron and Emily Sheffield |
Her daughter Samantha is married to former British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
Background
She is the daughter of Timothy Angus Jones and his wife, Patricia David Pandora Clifford. She was educated at Lycée Français de Londres. Her mother was married secondly in 1961 to the Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor, based in London. Her paternal grandparents were Sir Roderick Jones, the Chairman of Reuters, and the novelist Enid Bagnold. Her mother Patricia was the daughter of the Hon. Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, GCMG, CB (son of William Hugh Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, a descendant of King Charles II of England) by his wife Alice Devin Gundry.
Marriages
She married Reginald Sheffield (later Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet) on 11 November 1969, and they were divorced in 1974. They have two daughters:
- Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield (born 18 April 1971), who married David Cameron on 1 June 1996. They have four children.
- Emily Julia Sheffield (born 1973).
She remarried William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor, on 14 January 1976. They have three children:
- The Honourable Flora Katherine Astor (7 June 1976), who married Alexander Rycroft in September 2006 and had children:
- Nelson William Alexander Rycroft (2009)
- Pandora Winifred Sarah Rycroft (2011)
- Lydia Enid Charlotte Rycroft (22 March 2016)
- The Honourable William Waldorf "Will" Astor (18 January 1979), who married Lohralee Stutz on 5 September 2009 and had children:
- William Waldorf Astor (4 May 2012)
- Allegra Annabel Astor (14 August 2013)
- Conrad Charles Astor (6 May 2016)
- India Isabel Astor (10 July 2017)
- The Honourable James Jacob Astor (born 1981), who married Victoria Hargreaves on 13 September 2014 and had children:
- Sibyl Nancy Astor (22 June 2015)
- Atalanta Philippa Annabel Astor (1 July 2017)
- Cosima Mary Astor (3 January 2020)