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1. www.thisismoney.co.uk › money › marketsI kept my purse empty to encourage my kids to work, says Lady ...

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   Oct 7, 2024 · At 76, OKA founder Lady Annabel Astor intends to set up another business, though has not yet decided what - and says she will wait until after the Budget.

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3. www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk › news › newsNancy Astor's brooch and the Spencer-Churchill necklace at ...

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   6 days ago · The necklace carries a pre-sale estimate of £30,000 – 50,000 and will come under the hammer on 31 st October. A brooch that graced the breast of Nancy Astor, Britain’s first female MP, is expected to make up to £20,000 at auction in Salisbury this month.

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   Sep 24, 2024 · Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician and the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat. Astor was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26 and married Waldorf Astor.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Waldorf-Astor-2ndWaldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor | British Aristocrat ...

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   Sep 26, 2024 · Waldorf Astor entered Parliament in 1910, acting as secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1917. He retired from public office in 1919, his seat being taken by his wife, Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons.

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   5 days ago · These nineteenth-century women were rebellious, courageous, romantic and frightfully intelligent – Lady Antonia, c’est toi? First came The Case of the Married Woman (2021) which drew much-needed attention to Caroline Norton’s campaigns for women’s basic legal rights.

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   5 days ago · A new biography of Nancy Astor, American socialite and social crusader who blazed a trail through British society amid two World Wars In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first female Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons -- she was not what had been expected.

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   Who was Lady Astor?

   • We've taken 49 fascinating photos from Plymouth in the 1920s and 1930s. Lady Astor, who was the second female Member of Parliament (MP) but the first to take her seat, in 1919, features in the gallery. She served in Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down.

   Life in Plymouth during the 1920s and 1930s in 49 photos

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   Who was Lord Astor & what did he do for a living?

   • He retired from public office in 1919, his seat being taken by his wife, Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons. Astor was proprietor of The Observer, a London Sunday newspaper formerly owned by his father (to whose title he succeeded in 1919), from 1919 to 1945, when he turned it over to a trust.

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   Who was Mrs. Astor?

   • Mrs. Astor, a formidable Queen Bee of New York society, knew exactly where to draw the line. 'Shopkeepers', even Manhattan's finest and richest, were not considered top-drawer enough for her.

   Dripping in diamonds, the acid-tongued queen bees of the Gilded Age …

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   Does Lady Astor feel sad about Oka?

   • I feel sad,’ says Lady Astor, referring to OKA, the upmarket interiors retailer she founded in 1999. The company went into administration in the US and into a company voluntary arrangement in the UK this summer.

   I kept my purse empty to encourage my kids to work, says Lady Astor - …

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   When did Waldorf Astor enter parliament?

   • Waldorf Astor entered Parliament in 1910, acting as secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1917. He retired from public office in 1919, his seat being taken by his wife, Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons.

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   Who was Waldorf Astor?

   • This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn. Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was a member of Parliament (1910–19) and an agricultural expert whose Cliveden home was a meeting place during the late 1930s for Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and supporters of his policy of “appeasement” toward Adolf Hitler.

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10. godanriver.com › news › localLady Astor's birthplace in Danville is on show Saturday. But ...

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    Sep 25, 2024 · Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor — simply known as Lady Astor — was born in the structure that now sits at 117 Broad St. A new exhibit called Victorian Flowers and Tea will open to the public...