Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution Front row: Paul Gascoigne

Front row: Paul Gascoigne

at the mansion house where the Territorial Information Bureau is attracting crowds daily

embodying all the year's financial proposals

Rosemeyer was also a prolifically successful racing driver

Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution Front row: Paul GascoigneLady Astor (1879 1964), American born British politician, 1926. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1919, and as such became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926).