Nancy Astor in Virginia and England [manuscript] 1963.

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Nancy Astor in Virginia and England [manuscript] 1963.

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Typescript of a biography of Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (1879- 1964), one of the five Langhorne sisters of Richmond, Va., and wife of Waldorf Astor (1879-1952), by John Stuart Dudley. This version is noted as a revision made in 1963.

1 v. (276 p.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Dudley, John Stuart, 1893-1966.

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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (1879-1964), a native of Virginia, became Viscountess through her marriage to Waldorf Astor (1879-1952), 2nd Viscount Astor. John Stuart Dudley (1893-1966), author of Nancy Astor in Virginia and England was born in Florida, raised in South Carolina, and educated at the University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in New York, N.Y., beginning in 1920. From the guide to the John Stuart Dudley's Nancy Astor ...