Nancy Astor A Lady Unashamed~John Grigg~1980~Stated First Edition~Dust Cover~Very Good Condition~Rare Book~Free Shipping

Nancy Astor A Lady Unashamed~John Grigg~1980~Stated First Edition~Dust Cover~Very Good Condition~Rare Book~Free Shipping.

This unique biography of Nancy Astor has many historical photos and written by someone who knew Nancy Astor. His parents were friends with the Waldorf Astor’s. This book is in very good condition. Some wear on the unclipped dust cover. One inscription on the inside front cover. See photos.

Grigg edited the National and English Review (1954–1960) as his father had done. He was a liberal Tory but was defeated at the 1951 and 1955 general elections. In an article for the National and English Review in August 1957, Grigg argued that Queen Elizabeth II’s court was too upper-class and British, and instead advocated a more “classless” and Commonwealth court. His article caused a furore and was attacked by the majority of the press, with a minority, including the New Statesman and Ian Gilmour’s The Spectator, agreeing with some of Grigg’s ideas.

He left the Conservative Party for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1982.

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (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 National Socialism. - From Wikipedia

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