Lady Astor - Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess (1879-1964) . She was born  Nancy Witcher Langhorne, an American daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne of Danville, Virginia. Her first husband was Robert Gould Shaw; they were divorced in 1903 and then she moved to England. Three years later she married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952)....