Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament, serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville
Astor in 1923
Nancy's childhood home, the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia.
A contemporary view of Cliveden, Nancy Astor's country house
Nancy photographed around the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor in 1906.
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, was an American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor. He was a member of the Astor family. He was active in minor political roles. He was devoted to char
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
…Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II, was unhappy and ended in divorce. She then moved to England and married American-born Englishman Waldorf Astor in 1906. After her second husband succeeded to his father's peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics as a member of the Unionist…
Viscount Astor
Portrait of Lord Astor, by Philip de László, 1924