Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated...
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eldest son Waldorf, the second Viscount, was the husband of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. As of 2017[update]...
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Bill Astor, was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, and his wife, Nancy, Viscountess Astor. Upon her marriage, Bronwen became the mistress...
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youngest of the four sons of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1878–1964). His mother was the first woman elected to...
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a member of the Astor family. William was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne (by marriage, Viscountess Astor). He was educated...
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member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was devoted to charitable projects, and with his more famous wife Nancy became a prominent...
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Waldorf Astor and his new daughter-in-law, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, the Cliveden estate as well as the Sancy diamond as wedding presents. Nancy Astor (as...
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through his father's friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor funded Tyler's education at the College of William & Mary with...
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Astor is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948), British businesswoman Ava Alice Muriel...
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prior to the Second World War. They were in the circle of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first female Member of Parliament to take up her seat....
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Lady Astor commonly refers to Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964). Lady Astor may also refer to: Sarah Baring (1920–2013), 1st wife of the 3rd...
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Irish golfers were not eligible. The trophy was presented by Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. Each team plays the other four teams. Two matches are played...
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Surrey (1945–1951) Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1919–1945) Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1910–1919) William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1935–1945,1951–1952)...
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Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (category Astor family)
Earl of Ancaster KCVO TD, and the Hon. Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor (daughter of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor). Her only brother, Timothy Gilbert...
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Phyllis, daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and sister of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, in 1917. They had three children: Virginia Brand (1918–1995)...
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18, to be employed working for Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. In one notable incident whilst employed by the Viscountess, Roux managed to jam oeufs en...
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1977) May 19 Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born British politician, wife of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (d. 1964) Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount...
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Cliveden (category Astor family residences)
dukes, an earl, and finally the Viscounts Astor. As the home of Nancy Astor, wife of the 2nd Viscount Astor, Cliveden was the meeting place of the Cliveden...
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the British House of Commons. The first woman to do so was Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, following a by-election in November 1919. In the autumn of...
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S. Lewis, Alexander Fleming, Chinese Ambassador Guo Taiqi, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Benjamin Britten, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of...
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English Nancy Ascher, American surgeon Nancy Asire (1945–2021), American fantasy- and science fiction author Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1954)...
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Sarah Baring (category British viscountesses)
and was introduced to William Waldorf Astor, eldest son of the 2nd Viscount Astor and his wife, Nancy Astor, the MP. They were engaged after five days...
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(1930–2005), who married William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, a son of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. Timothy Henry Hunloke...
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Alix died aged 23 at Rest Harrow, Sandwich Bay, the home of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, after a two-year "desperate battle" against illness. Elizabeth...
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from 1940 to 2007. Adele Goodman Clark (1901), suffragette Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1898), first female member of Parliament Anna Hill Johnstone...
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predecessor Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. Middleton held Plymouth Sutton until 1951, when it was gained by another member of the Astor family, Jakie Astor. Middleton...
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one of five sisters, all noted for their beauty, including Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) in...
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politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884) 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879) 1969 – Franz von Papen...
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David Astor (son of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor), and publisher of The Observer between 1948 and 1975. From November 1960 until 1970, the Astor family...
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"Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879–1964), Viscountess Astor, CH, MP - Art UK - Discover Artworks Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879–1964), Viscountess Astor, CH...
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