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Elizabeth Edith Balfour, Countess of Balfour (née Lady Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton; 12 June 1867 – 28 March 1942) was a British suffragette, politician, and writer.
On Arthur Balfour's death in 1930 Gerald Balfour succeeded as earl of Balfour and Lady Betty became countess. She died of a perforated duodenal ulcer at Fisher's Hill Cottage on 28 March 1942. Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Elizabeth Edith Balfour, Countess of Balfour was a British suffragette, politician, and writer. A staunch Conservative, she served as Dame President of the Woking Habitation of the Primrose League and was a founding member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association, serving as president of the association's chapter in Edinburgh.
Lady Betty Balfour was born at Hyde Park Gate on 12 June 1867, one of three daughters and of Hon. Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton and his wife Edith (née Villiers). Her father was the first Earl of Lytton, a diplomat and poet (aka Owen Meredith).
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer (1831-1891), 1st Earl of Lytton, viceroy of India and poet is the parent of Balfour, Lady Elizabeth Edith (1867-1942), social hostess and biographer, wife of the 2nd Earl of Balfour
In 1887, Betty married Gerald Balfour, a Scottish aristocrat and Conservative MP. He was brother to the future Prime Minister Arthur Balfour and a nephew of Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Betty's sister in law, Lady Frances Balfour, was also a suffrage activist.
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