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15 mag 2024 · Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England) was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit. In 1897 she married Robert Gould Shaw of Boston, from whom she was divorced ...
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. [a] [1] Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II ...
28 mag 2011 · Viscountess Astor’s London house is a 20-minute stroll from the flagship store of her home-furnishings business in Chelsea, and on entering the high-ceilinged drawing room it is easy, at first ...
5 apr 2018 · Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. Published 5th April 2018. Nancy Astor was the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, after she was elected MP for Plymouth Sutton in November 1919. Early life. An American citizen born in Virginia, Nancy was the eighth of eleven children. Her mother, Nancy Witcher Keene, had married when she was ...
Nov 10, 2018 - From a topsy-turvy childhood, Annabel Astor has made a name for herself as a businesswoman and the manager of a spectacular home: Ginge Manor. As her aristo-chic furnishings company, OKA, reaches the U.S., the viscountess welcomes us to the hub of her jet-set existence.
Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor. Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948) is an English socialite is known as the former owner of a jewellery business. Her daughter Samantha is married to British Conservative Party leader David Cameron. Annabel Astor is the director of the OKA Direct, a home furnishings design company.
10 set 2013 · Viscountess Astor — “Call me Annabel” — has become a celebrity, and that’s not because of her status as the Prime Minister’s mother-in-law. As the founder and chief executive of OKA, she is personally responsible for the aesthetics of interiors all over West London and across great swaths of Gloucestershire too. The business, which ...
