Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor
Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor, is an English businesswoman and socialite who is a founder and former CEO of OKA, a home furnishings design company. Before co-founding OKA, she was the owner and designer of the Annabel Jones jewellery business in London.
Her daughter Samantha is married to David Cameron, formerly British Prime Minister of [the United Kingdom|prime minister], Conservative Party leader and president of Alzheimer's Research UK.
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 by his wife Alice Devin Gundry.Marriages
She married Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet|Reginald Sheffield] on 11 November 1969, and they were divorced in 1974. They have two daughters:- Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield, who married David Cameron on 1 June 1996. They have four children.
- Emily Julia Sheffield, who married Tom Mullion in 2002. They have two sons.
- The Honourable Flora Katherine Astor, who married Alexander Rycroft in September 2006 and had three children.
- The Honourable William Waldorf "Will" Astor, who married Lohralee Stutz on 5 September 2009 and had four children.
- The Honourable James Jacob Astor, who married Victoria Hargreaves on 13 September 2014 and had three children.