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Lady Astor (other)
Lady Astor commonly refers to Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964). Lady Astor may also refer to: Viscountess Astor *Sarah Baring (1920–2013), 1st wife of the 3rd Viscount Astor *Phillipa Victoria Hunloke, 2nd wife of William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor *Bronwen Astor (1930–2017), 3rd wife of the 3rd Viscount *Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948), wife of William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor Baroness Astor of Hever *Violet Astor (1889–1965), wife of the John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever *Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever (1919–2001), wife of the Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever *Fiona Diana Lennox-Harvey, 1st wife of the John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever *Liz Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever Elizabeth Constance Mackintosh, Baroness Astor of Hever (born 4 May 1950) is an English author and autism activist. She is the second wife of John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever. Family Her parents are John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh ... (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (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. Astor's first husband was American Robert Gould Shaw II; the couple separated after four years and divorced in 1903. She moved to England and married Waldorf Astor. After her husband succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics as a member of the Conservative Party and won his former seat of Plymouth Sutton in 1919, becoming the first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons. She served in Parliament until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down. Astor has been criticised for her antisemitism and sympathetic view of Nazism. Early life Nancy Witcher Langhorne was born at the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia. She was the eighth of eleven children born to railroad businessman Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher Kee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Baring
Sarah Kathleen Elinor Baring (''née'' Norton; 20 January 1920 – 4 February 2013) was an English socialite and memoirist, who worked for three years as a linguist at Bletchley Park, the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. She was married to William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, from 1945 to 1953. Early life She was born Hon. Sarah Kathleen Elinor Norton on 20 January 1920, the daughter of the filmmaker Richard Norton, 6th Baron Grantley, and his wife, Jean Mary (née Kinloch). Career During the war, she worked for ''Vogue'' and the ''Baltimore Sun'' for a short time, then as a telephonist at an Air Raid Precautions Centre, before building Hurricane fighter planes at a Hawker Siddeley factory close to Slough, and shared a cottage with a colleague Osla Benning. They were both god-daughters of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who suggested to Sarah that she might "find a nice girl" for his nephew, Prince Philip. Sarah introduced Benning, and she became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor
William Waldorf Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor (13 August 1907 – 7 March 1966) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was also a member of the Astor family. Background and education William was the eldest son of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne (by marriage, Viscountess Astor). He was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford. Political career In 1932, Astor was appointed secretary to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, at a League of Nations Committee of Enquiry in what was then known as Manchuria. First elected to the House of Commons in 1935, he served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East until 1945. Between 1936 and 1937 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Samuel Hoare, who was then made Home Secretary in the new cabinet of Neville Chamberlain in 1937. In World War II, he served as a naval intelligence officer, acquiring no distinction, but gaining many in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronwen Astor
Janet Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor (born Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh; 6 June 1930 – 28 December 2017) was an English fashion model and psychotherapist. She was muse to the couturier Pierre Balmain, who called her one of the most beautiful women he had ever met. Early life Although born in London, Janet (generally known by her middle name, "Bronwen") was raised in Hampstead, Middlesex, since 1965 in north London. She was the daughter of Sir John Alun Pugh, a Welsh county court judge, and Kathleen (née Goodyear) Pugh. After the sudden death of a friend in 1951, she embarked on an inner journey of self-discovery culminating in 1959 in a profound mystical experience. Career Before her marriage, Bronwen had a career as "the most celebrated model of her generation" and, later, as a BBC television presenter. She was muse to Pierre Balmain, the Parisian couturier, who said she was one of the world's most beautiful women along with Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh and Marlene Dietric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor
Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor (, formerly Sheffield; born 14 August 1948), is an English businesswoman and socialite who is the CEO of OKA, a home furnishings design company. Before co-founding OKA, she was the owner and designer of the Annabel Jones jewellery business in London. Her daughter Samantha is married to former British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron. Background She is the daughter of Timothy Angus Jones and his wife, Patricia David Pandora Clifford. She was educated at Lycée Français de Londres. Her mother was married secondly in 1961 to the Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor, based in London. Her paternal grandparents were Sir Roderick Jones, the Chairman of Reuters, and the novelist Enid Bagnold. Her mother Patricia was the daughter of the Hon. Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, GCMG, CB (son of William Hugh Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, a descendant of King Charles II of England) by his wife Alice Devin Gundry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Astor
Violet Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever DStJ (née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, styled Lady Charles Fitzmaurice between 1909 and 1914 and Lady Charles Mercer Nairne between 1914 and 1918; 28 May 1889 – 3 January 1965), was an English aristocrat. Origins Violet Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound was born on 28 May 1889, the third of the five children of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy and Governor-General of India and Governor General of Canada, by his wife Mary Caroline Grey, a daughter of General Charles Grey, the second son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Marriages and children She married twice: *Firstly, on 20 January 1909, to Lord Charles Fitzmaurice (later Mercer Nairne; killed in action on 30 October 1914 in World War I) the younger son of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne by his wife Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, a daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn by his wife Lady Louisa Jane Russell, a daughter of John Russell, 6th Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Astor, Baroness Astor Of Hever
Irene Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever ( Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig) (7 October 1919 – 12 August 2001) was an English philanthropist and member of the Astor family. Her philanthropic contributions included being chairman of the Sunshine Fund for Blind Children from 1947 to 1989, during which she raised over £14 million and she served as vice president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind from 1977 to her death in 2001. Early life Irene Astor was born Lady Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig on 7 October 1919, the youngest of four children of military officer and later Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), and Dorothy Maud Vivian (1879–1939), a daughter of Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian. Her father was created Earl Haig when she was 12 days old entitling her to the prefix Lady. Her elder siblings were Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (wife of Rear-Admiral Clarence Howard-Johnston and Hugh Trevor-Roper), Lady Victoria Doris Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Astor, Baroness Astor Of Hever
Elizabeth Constance Mackintosh, Baroness Astor of Hever (born 4 May 1950) is an English author and autism activist. She is the second wife of John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever. Family Her parents are John Mackintosh, 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax and Bronda Fibiger. She has one sister, Diana; and one half-brother, Charles, from Bronda's second marriage. Work Liz Astor worked as a model and a head hunter before her marriage to Baron Astor. Astor has written two books, a memoir and a novel. ''Loving Olivia: Bringing Up My Autistic Daughter'' recounts her experience with younger daughter Olivia's autism. In Astor's novel, ''Since You Went Away'', she fictionalized her mother's life story. She has done extensive charity work, focusing on raising funds for the Parkinson's UK, Parkinsons UK and The National Autistic Society. Personal life She has been married three times: Timothy Cutting; Nicolas Chagrin; and finally to Baron Astor in 1990. She married her current husband w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
