Before he married Edith, Alfred suffered two great losses: his first wife, Laura
(Margot Asquith
's sister, an emancipated woman, and a member of the Souls),
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under (Octavia) Laura Lyttelton
died in childbirth...
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Edith Lyttelton
On a more personal note, EL
gives a very generous account of her husband's first marriage, depicting his first wife (born Laura Tennant
) as charming, passionate, and deeply in love.
Lyttelton, Edith. Alfred Lyttelton: An Account of His Life. Longmans, Green, 1917.