Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, was a pioneering British politician who became the first woman to take a seat in the UK House of Commons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viscountess ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
socialite ⓘ
birthDate 1879-05-19 ⓘ
birthName Nancy Witcher Langhorne ⓘ
birthPlace Danville, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Danville, Virginia
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1964-05-02 ⓘ
describedBySource British parliamentary records ⓘ
educatedAt Finishing schools in New York and Europe ⓘ
Miss Brown’s School for Girls, New York ⓘ
familyName Astor ⓘ
father Chiswell Dabney Langhorne ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Nancy ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Viscountess Astor ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
mother Nancy Witcher Keene ⓘ
movement temperance movement ⓘ
nobleFamily Astor family ⓘ
nobleTitle Viscountess Astor ⓘ
notableEvent elected in 1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election ⓘ
first speech in House of Commons in 1920 ⓘ
notableFor first woman to take a seat in the UK House of Commons ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for women’s and children’s welfare legislation ⓘ
support for social reform and temperance laws ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
placeOfDeath Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Grimsthorpe Castle
politicalAlignment anti-Catholic ⓘ
anti-communist ⓘ
socially conservative ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton ⓘ
precededBy Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ
religion Christian Science ⓘ
residence Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Cliveden House

Plymouth, England ⓘ
spouse Robert Gould Shaw II ⓘ
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ⓘ
succeededBy Lucy Middleton ⓘ
termEnd 1945-06-15 ⓘ
termStart 1919-11-28 ⓘ

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Cliveden House → associatedWith → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → spouse → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → child → Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor ⓘ
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Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → succeededBy → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
David Astor → mother → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor → nobleTitle → Viscountess Astor ⓘ
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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor → honorificPrefix → The Viscountess Astor ⓘ
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Lisa Harrow → notableWork → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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Astor family → hasNotableMember → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
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Francis David Langhorne Astor → mother → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Michael Langhorne Astor → mother → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Michael Langhorne Astor → notableFamilyMember → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Nancy Witcher Langhorne → alsoKnownAs → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne → alsoKnownAs → Viscountess Astor ⓘ
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne → title → Viscountess Astor ⓘ
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Robert Gould Shaw II → spouse → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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Robert Gould Shaw II → spouseNotableFor → Nancy Astor became a pioneering British politician ⓘ
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Chiswell Dabney Langhorne → child → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Miss Brown’s School for Girls, New York → notableStudent → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Miss Brown’s School for Girls, New York → formerStudent → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Miss Brown’s School for Girls, New York → associatedWith → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Lucy Middleton → replaced → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Charles Dana Gibson → relative → Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ⓘ
Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 → enabledFirstWomanMPToSit → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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Joyce Grenfell → relative → Lady Astor ⓘ
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UK Parliament 1918–1922 → notableMember → Nancy Astor ⓘ
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