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Ava Lowle Lister, Baroness Ribblesdale (née Willing, later Astor; September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite. She was the first wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and later married Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale .
Apr 15, 2024 · Ava Lowle Willing and Astor had two children together, Vincent and Alice. Although they seemed like the perfect, upper-class family, the marriage was largely unhappy.
Nov 23, 2018 · The caustic tongue of the popular society cook Rosa Lewis - "the Duchess of Duke Street" - a former lover of Ribblesdale's and the owner of the Cavendish Hotel in London (where somewhat extraordinarily they chose to spend their four-week honeymoon) called Ava, "not only Willing, but eager"!
On February 17, 1891, Astor married socialite Ava Lowle Willing, a daughter of Edward Shippen Willing and Alice Barton. The couple had two children: William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959), businessman and philanthropist
Aug 1, 2003 · The former Miss Ava Lowle Willing, she was a member of a prominent Philadelphia family. At her marriage to Colonel Astor she became heiress apparent to her mother-in-law's position as the leader of New York society.
May 2, 2022 · Ava Lowle Willing, Lady Ribblesdale (née Willing previously Astor) (September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite and the first wife of John Jacob Astor IV. Ava Lowle Willing was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Edward Shippen Willing (1822-1906) and his wife, the former Alice Barton. She had two siblings ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Astor's first marriage to Ava Lowle Willing was reportedly an unhappy one. The couple married in 1891 and had two children: Vincent and Alice. They divorced in 1909. He remarried in 1911 to...
