Person Open DS/UK/1762 Astor; Nancy (19 May 1879-2 May 1964); Viscountess Astor, CH; American-born British politician Astor Nancy 19 May 1879-2 May 1964 American-born British politician Female (cisgender) Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor Danville, Virginia, United States (born)

Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England (died)

British American Politician; MP, Conservative and Unionist Party White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne (railroad businessman, later tobacco auctioneer) and Nancy Witcher Keene. Following the abolition of slavery, Chiswell struggled to make his operations profitable, and with the destruction of the war, the family lived in near-poverty for several years before Nancy was born. Spouse of Waldorf Astor Former spouse of Robert Gould Shaw II Heterosexual Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH was an American-born British politician who was the second female Member of Parliament (MP) but the first to take her seat, serving from 1919 to 1945. Sinn Féin's Constance Markievicz had become the first elected female MP in 1918, but refused to take up her seat in line with party policy. Astor was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26 and married Waldorf Astor. He succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords; she then entered politics and won his former seat in Plymouth in 1919, becoming the first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons. She served in Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 9/18/2012 RAHAKirkbride 11/7/2022 a1b5a9af-0f00-4818-ab4c-51abd3e6f152