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Nancy Astor
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Overview
Born
May 19
,
1879
·
Danville, Virginia, USA
Died
May 2
,
1964
·
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Birth name
Nancy Witcher Langhorne
Nickname
The Member for Berlin
Mini Bio
Nancy Astor was born on May 19, 1879 in Danville, Virginia, USA. She was married to Waldorf Astor and Robert Gould Shaw II. She died on May 2, 1964 in Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
Family
Spouses
Waldorf Astor
(April 19, 1906 - September 30, 1952) (his death, 5 children)
Robert Gould Shaw II
(October 27, 1897 - 1903) (divorced, 1 child)
Trivia
Grandmother of
Jane Willoughby de Eresby
and
William Astor
.
First woman to be elected to Parliament (for Plymouth Sutton, November 28, 1919 - July 5, 1945).
Her first husband was a cousin of
Robert Gould Shaw
.
Subject of "Nancy Astor: Portrait of a Pioneer" (1980) by
John Grigg
.
Nancy Astor once said to Winston Churchill, "If I was your wife I'd poison your coffee!" He replied, "If I was your husband I'd drink it.".
Quotes
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
On sexual politics: I married beneath me -- all women do.
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