The antique diamond star tiara that Lady Glenconner wore for state banquets and royal tours sold for more than double its pre ...

A century after a charity was created by ground-breaking MP Nancy Astor, it is still changing lives in her city. Lady Astor ...

In February 1955, Lady Astor (Nancy Langhorne Astor) visited lifelong friends Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Hobson at their home on Monument Avenue. Lady Astor was born in Danville but in 1905 moved to ...

Heavily backed by Laborites and such ardent humanitarians as Lady Nancy Astor, a Government Education bill for raising the minimum school age from 14 to 15 years came before the House of Commons last ...

A Cartier turquoise and diamond tiara owned by the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons is expected to fetch more than £250,000 at auction. American-born Nancy Astor was elected in 1919 ...

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, 19 May 1879 - 2 May 1964 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor: Arts and Culture\Society Figure\Socialite Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, ...

In Dixie -- Silver and lead -- The chase -- Gilded youth -- New adventures -- Into battle -- The power of one -- Centre court -- Downhill -- War on two fronts -- Aftermath A portrait of the social ...