religion children name parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
catholicism janet elizabeth astor pauline marian astor bronwen astor john alun pugh 6 june 1930 william ; his death -rrb- waldorf astor ii -lrb- m. 1960 -- 1966 bronwen astor
 janet bronwen alun pugh model
bronwen astor

janet bronwen alun pugh -lrb- born june 6 , 1930 in london , england -rrb- is a former english model .
she was muse to the couturier pierre balmain , who called her one of the most beautiful women he had ever met .
the daughter of john alun pugh , she is generally known by her middle name bronwen .
after the sudden death of a friend in 1951 , she embarked on an inner journey of self-discovery culminating in 1959 in a profound mystical experience .
on october 14 , 1960 she married viscount william waldorf `` bill '' astor ii , the eldest son of viscount waldorf astor -lrb- 1879 -- 1952 -rrb- and viscountess nancy witcher langhorne -lrb- 1879 -- 1964 -rrb- .
upon her marriage bronwen became the mistress of cliveden , the mansion which her mother-in-law had made famous with her political salons .
within three years of her marriage bronwen 's world was turned upside down by the infamous profumo affair , which brought down prime minister harold macmillan 's government .
bill died from a heart attack in 1966 , leaving bronwen with two young daughters .
bronwen opened her new home to the homeless and in 1983 trained as a psychotherapist .
her biography , `` bronwen astor : her life and times '' , authored by peter stanford , was published in 2000 .
after she left cliveden she lived in tuesley manor , godalming , surrey , england until 2002 when it was sold for # 1.85 million .
she was a convert to the roman catholic faith , serving as a extraordinary minister at holy apostles catholic church , pimlico .
