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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instanceOf Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Viscountess
human
philanthropist
politician
socialite
birthDate 1879-05-19
birthName Nancy Witcher Langhorne
birthPlace Danville, Virginia
surface form: Danville, Virginia, United States
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 Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Viscountess Astor
languageSpoken English
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
mother Nancy Witcher Langhorne
surface form: Nancy Witcher Keene
movement temperance movement
nobleFamily Astor family
nobleTitle Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
placeOfDeath Grimsthorpe Castle
surface form: Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England
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 House
surface form: Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England

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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Astor family hasNotableMember Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Cliveden House associatedWith Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor spouse Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor child Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
this entity surface form: Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor succeededBy Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
David Astor mother Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
this entity surface form: Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor nobleTitle Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Viscountess Astor
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor honorificPrefix Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Viscountess Astor
Lisa Harrow notableWork Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
this entity surface form: Nancy Astor
Astor hasNotableMember Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
subject surface form: Astor family