death_date children constituency_mp birth_date signature residence term_end death_place term_start spouse image name occupation caption relations predecessor birth_place party parents successor religion article_title birth_name
2 may 1964 robert phyllis louise astor francis david langhorne astor michael langhorne astor gould john jacob astor vii shaw iii william waldorf astor ii nancy plymouth sutton 19 may 1879 signature nancy astor.png cliveden and grimsthorpe castle 5 july 1945 grimsthorpe castle , lincolnshire , england 28 november 1919 robert ; divorced -rrb- waldorf astor -lrb- m. 1906 -- 1952 gould ; his death -rrb- shaw ii -lrb- m. 1897 -- 1903 nancy viscountess astor by john singer sargent.jpeg nancy astor politician portrait 1909 of nancy astor by john singer sargent , william waldorf astor iii -lrb- grandson -rrb- waldorf astor danville , virginia , u.s. coalition conservative chiswell dabney langhorne nancy witcher keene lucy middleton christian science nancy astor , viscountess astor
 nancy witcher langhorne
nancy astor , viscountess astor

nancy witcher langhorne astor , viscountess astor , ch -lrb- 19 may 1879 -- 2 may 1964 -rrb- was the first female member of parliament .
she was an american-born english socialite who made a second marriage to waldorf astor as a young woman in england .
after he succeeded to the peerage and entered the house of lords , she entered politics , in 1919 winning his former seat in plymouth and becoming the first woman to sit as a member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- in the house of commons .
her first husband was an american , robert gould shaw ii , and they divorced .
she served in parliament as a representative of the conservative party for plymouth sutton until 1945 , when she was persuaded to step down .
