Edith Countess of Lytton

Standard Name: Lytton, Edith,,, Countess of
Used Form: Lady Lytton
Used Form: Edith Villiers

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Cultural formation Queen Victoria
Once the Munshi was raised to this level, QV had to struggle against courtiers who objected to his inclusion in activities of the royal household, to the point of refusing to acknowledge him. Their racism...
Family and Intimate relationships Constance Lytton
CL 's mother, born Edith Villiers , was an aristocratic heiress who published the successful Lady Lytton's Court Diary, 1895-1899, after a court position had been found, in June 1895,
Lytton, Constance. Letters of Constance Lytton. Editor Balfour, Elizabeth Edith, Countess of, Heinemann, 1925.
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to save her...
Family and Intimate relationships Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton first Earl Lytton
On 4 October 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton married Edith Villiers , who had a yearly income of £6,000. Together they had three daughters and four sons. After her husband's death, Edith fell into financial...
names Emily Lawless
  • BirthName: Emily LawlessThe Hon. Emily Lawless
  • Pseudonyms: Henry Harvey; John Oliver Maddox, M.A.
    Both Henry Harvey and John Oliver Maddox, M.A. were pseudonyms Lawless used in her With Essex in Ireland.
    The catalogue of...

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Texts

Lytton, Edith, Countess of. Lady Lytton’s Court Diary, 1895-1899. Editor Lutyens, Mary, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961.