Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. 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.

19 May 1879

Born on the same birth day (19 May): Alfred Laliberté • Arthur Aikin • Bert van Marwijk • Bill Laimbeer • Claude Lelièvre • Dario Franchitti • Felise Kaufusi • Helmut Braunlich • Igor Judge, Baron Judge • Igor Ter-Ovanesyan • John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton • London Fletcher • Marc Bureau (ice hockey) • Michael Angelakos • Mitja Ribičič • Ruskin Bond

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