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