Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), Politician and wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; previous wife of R.G. Shaw; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor
Sitter in 33 portraits
American-born politician; Came to England in 1904 and married as her second husband Waldorf Astor whom she succeeded as Conservative MP for the Sutton division of Plymouth in 1919. A champion of women's rights, she was the first woman MP to sit in the House of Commons (1919-45). During the 1930s the Astors' house, Cliveden, became the focus of many high-powered political meetings.
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor; Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31173
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor; Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31174
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31175
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31176
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31177
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Bassano
whole-plate film negative, 3 December 1935
NPG x31178
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide copy print, 1937
NPG x4360
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
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by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1937
NPG x135437
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print, 1942
NPG x126
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1949
NPG x14014
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Hugh Cecil (Hugh Cecil Saunders)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG x8037
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1937
NPG x13692
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1937
NPG x25987
Cliveden, Taplow, Berkshire
Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Cliveden set
Places
Berkshire
Devon
Kent
Lincolnshire
United States
