The conservative peer Lord Astor of Hever raising the comparison and inviting comment.
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Annabel Jones, his stepdaughter from his second marriage, married his nephew, William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor.
In 1932, Astor was appointed secretary to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, League of Nations Committee of Enquiry in what was then known as Manchuria.
In the lead-up to the 2005 general election, Astor had an extra-marital affair with Rachel Whetstone, wife of the Conservative strategist Steve Hilton.