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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Flora Katherine Astor (born 1976) William Waldorf "Will" Astor IV (born 1979) James Jacob Astor (born 1981) Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor, Countess of Ancaster...
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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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Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2020. "Nancy Astor, First Woman Seated in the House of Commons". "Jimmy Fallon: Our Daughter...
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(1984). Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers. ISBN 0-89733-098-6. Astor, Lady Nancy (1997). Martin Thornton (ed.). Nancy Astor's...
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Nancy Astor is a British television series which originally aired on BBC Two in 1982. It portrays the career of Nancy Astor, the American-born socialite...
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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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She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nancy Astor in the British BBC television drama Nancy Astor. Harrow was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount...
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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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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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deaths of Haysom’s parents in 1985. Elizabeth Haysom's parents were Nancy Astor Benedict Haysom, an artist, and Derek William Reginald Haysom, a steel...
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has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, for the miniseries Nancy Astor (1982) and for the dark comedy film The Matador (2005). In 1996, he and...
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of American-born English parents, Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879–1952), and Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879–1964). The product of an immensely wealthy...
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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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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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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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in 1920 in reference to Nancy Astor who had been elected as the first female MP to take up her seat the previous year. Astor went on to further use the...
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Born (series finale, 1981) as Heatherington-Poole Nancy Astor (1982; based on the life of Nancy Astor) as Billy Grenfell Charles & Diana: A Royal Love...
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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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gentry of their native Wiltshire. Nancy Astor was one of her maternal aunts; Grenfell often visited her at the Astors’ home of Cliveden and lived in a...
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Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, better known professionally as Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987), was an American actress. Although her career...
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Nancy where she married Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor in 1906, with whom she had five more children, including William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor....
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Alice Muriel Astor (1902–56), daughter of John Jacob Astor IV Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor (1930–2017), British model Brooke Astor (1902–2007), American...
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O'Connor, John J. (25 May 1984). "TV Weekend; The Final Episodes of 'Nancy Astor'". The New York Times. Vito, John De; Tropea, Frank (2010). Epic Television...
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illustrator, and two sisters, Frances and Betty. She was a niece of Lady Nancy Astor and her uncle, Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944), was the creator of the...
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Lillian Ward McDaniel Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Jessie M. Rattley 2003 Nancy Astor Pearl Bailey Anna Whitehead Bodeker Mary Ann Elliott Annabelle Ravenscroft...
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Lillian Ward McDaniel Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Jessie M. Rattley 2003 Nancy Astor Pearl Bailey Anna Whitehead Bodeker Mary Ann Elliott Annabelle Ravenscroft...
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1980, 1984 Play for Today Colin / Captain John Truman 2 episodes 1982 Nancy Astor Edward Hartford-Jones Episode: "Guest for the Weekend" 1983 The Professionals...
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Star 1981 Play for Today Philip Carlion Episode: Country 1982 Nancy Astor Waldorf Astor TV Mini-series 1983 Anna Pavlova Victor Dandré The Road to 1984...
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England, the recently divorced Nancy met Waldorf Astor, eldest son of William Waldorf Astor and Mary Dahlgren Paul of the Astor family. The couple were married...
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