Robert Gould Shaw III

Robert Gould Shaw III
Charcoal drawing of Shaw by John Singer Sargent
Born(1898-08-18)18 August 1898
Died10 July 1970(1970-07-10) (aged 71)
London, England
EducationShrewsbury School
PartnerAlfred Edward Goodey
Parent(s)Robert Gould Shaw II
Nancy Witcher Langhorne

Robert Gould Shaw III (18 August 1898 – 10 July 1970) was an American-born English socialite. He was the only child of Nancy Witcher Langhorne and Robert Gould Shaw II, a landowner and socialite. After his parents' divorce in 1903, he moved to England with his mother Nancy, who later married Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and became the first woman in Britain to take her seat as a member of parliament.[1]

  1. ^ "Women in the House of Commons". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 December 2019.