In February 1955, Lady Astor (Nancy Langhorne Astor) visited lifelong friends Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Hobson at their home on Monument Avenue. Lady Astor was born in Danville but in 1905 moved to ...

Heavily backed by Laborites and such ardent humanitarians as Lady Nancy Astor, a Government Education bill for raising the minimum school age from 14 to 15 years came before the House of Commons last ...

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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, 19 May 1879 - 2 May 1964 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Arts and Culture\Society Figure\Socialite Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, ...

A Cartier diamond and turquoise tiara once owned by Nancy Astor, an American-born British politician who became the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons, is set to be auctioned next week ...

Nancy Langhorne Viscountess Astor is no prude but when onetime War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha (see p. 27) recently introduced the practice of paying allowances to soldiers’ mistresses, she objected ...