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Dial Clock:
Called variously an "Act of Parliament" clock, tavern clock, or coaching-inn clock, this eighteenth-century English dial clock was a gift to the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1947 by Lady Astor, born Nancy Witcher Langhorne (1879-1964).
Born in Danville, Virginia's Lady Astor married William Waldorf Astor, her second husband the heir to one of the largest American fortunes at the time, and they lived exclusively in England. In 1919, she became the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons. |