Though born in Virginia, Nancy, Lady Astor was the first woman to serve in this lower house of Britain's Parliament
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in 1864, with Elizabeth, the first of five daughters born to ... Nancy's husband 
served in the House of Commons, but soon was elevated to the House of Lords.