On the invitation of Robert Lytton
, she visited his family seat, Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. She urged him to leave his wife and move to Italy.
Jordan, Jane. “Ouida: The Enigma of a Literary Identity”. Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.
57
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1995, pp. 75-105.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Constance Lytton
The elder of Constance's surviving brothers, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, second Earl of Lytton
, a colonial civil servant and diplomat, was also a supporter of the suffrage campaign. He visited Constance in Holloway Prison
,
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
The violence and physical effort associated with suffrage activism was very hard for CL
, especially at first. She was known to have a weak heart before she ever went to prison. She herself wrote...
politics
Constance Lytton
On her release, CL
's next project was to turn her experience to good account for the suffrage cause by seeking an official enquiry into practices at Walton Gaol
.
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
251, 299
She had a...
Timeline
31 January 1910: Militant suffragettes called a truce, anticipating...
National or international item
31 January 1910
Militant suffragettes called a truce, anticipating H. N. Brailsford
's efforts to organise an all-party parliamentary conciliation committee to promote the settlement of the women's suffrage question.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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April 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...