Nancy Langhorne Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor
American
Lineage
- Father Chiswell Langhorne
- Sister: Irene Langhorne Gibson
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1879/05/19 | Nancy Witcher Langhorne is born at the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia. | Born | Langhorne House | Danville, VA | |||
| 1891/00/00 | Nancy Langhorne lives intermittently at Mirador from the age of twelve until her marriage to Waldorf Astor | Home | Mirador | Greenwood | |||
| 1897/10/27 | Nancy Witcher Langhorne marries Robert Gould Shaw II in New York City. | Bride | Marriage of Nancy Witcher Langhorne and Robert Gould Shaw II | ||||
| 1903/00/00 | Nancy and Robert Gould Shaw divorce in 1903. Mrs Shaw retains custody of a son, Robert Shaw. | Bride | Marriage of Nancy Witcher Langhorne and Robert Gould Shaw II | ||||
| 1906/00/00 | William Waldorf Astor gives Nancy and Waldorf Astor "Cliveden" as a wedding present. | Bride | Cliveden | Buckinghamshire | |||
| 1911/00/00 | Nancy Langhorne, along with her brothers and sisters, hire Waddy B Wood to renovate the original one-room church | Benefactor | Emmanuel Church | Greenwood | |||
| 1919/11/28 | When Lady Astor became the first woman to sit in the House of Commons, she evoked admiration, amusement and some exasperation. She sat in the Commons for more than a quarter of a century and won her seat in seven consecutive elections. NY Times 3 May 1964 | Member of Parliament | House of Commons | Palace of Westminster | American Women's Suffrage | ||
| 1935/05/21 | The funeral for Thomas Edward Lawrence is held at St Nicholas' Church in Moreton, Dorset. | Mourner | Parish Church Of Ss Magnus The Martyr And Nicholas Of Myra | Moreton | Death of T E Lawrence |
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