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Lady Astor believed her party and her husband caused her retirement in 1945. As the Conservatives believed she had become a political liability in the final years of World War II, her husband said that if she stood for office again the family would not support her. She conceded but, according to contemporary reports, was both irritated and ...
Violet Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever DStJ (née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound; 28 May 1889 – 3 January 1965), styled Lady Charles Fitzmaurice between 1909 and 1914 and Lady Charles Mercer Nairne between 1914 and 1918, was an English aristocrat.
She married Gavin Astor, later the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, the eldest son of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, and Violet Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound on 4 October 1945. [7] She became Lady Astor of Hever when her husband succeeded to the barony on the death of his father in 1971. [8] They had five children:
Rosina Harrison (1899-1989 aged 90 [1]) was a lady's maid, chiefly to Lady Astor, and became known after describing their working relationship in her autobiography. Harrison, from Yorkshire, became Astor's maid in 1928. [2] Her autobiography, Rose: My Life in Service, was published in 1975. [2]
Nancy Astor is a British television series which originally aired on BBC Two in 1982. [1] It portrays the career of Nancy Astor , the American-born socialite and Conservative Party politician who pioneered the role of women in the House of Commons .
The Four Hundred was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish , Theresa Fair Oelrichs , and Alva Belmont , [ 2 ] known as the "triumvirate" of American society.
Langhorne House, also known as the Gwynn Apartments, is an historic late 19th-century house in Danville, Virginia later enlarged and used as an apartment house. Its period of significance is 1922, when Nancy Langhorne Astor, by then known as Lady Astor and the first woman to sit in the British Parliament, came to Danville to visit her birthplace and promote Anglo-American relations.
Lady Astor remarked, "It is the complete answer to the terrible lie that the so-called 'Cliveden Set' was pro-Fascist." [2] New research shows that the Astors invited a very wide range of guests, including socialists, communists and enemies of appeasement. Scholars no longer claim there was any Cliveden conspiracy.