Lady Betty Balfour
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Lady Elizabeth Edith "Betty" Balfour, neé Bulwer-Lytton (b. 12 June 1867 - d. 28 March 1942) was a daughter of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (b. 8 November 1831 - d. 24 November 1891) and Edith Villiers (b. 18?? - d. 17 September 1936).
Lady Betty Balfour married Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, a son of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil, on 21 December 1887.
As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Edith Balfour was styled as Countess of Balfour from 19 March 1930 until her death in 1942.
[edit] Husband/Children
- Husband: Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (b. 9 April 1853 - d. 14 January 1945)
Children:
- Lady Eleanor Balfour (???? - ????)
- Lady Ruth Balfour (d. 30 August 1967)
- Mary Edith Balfour (d. 21 January 1894)
- Lady Evelyn Barbara "Eve" Balfour (b. 16 July 1898 - d. 19??)
- Robert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (b. 31 December 1902 - d. 28 November 1968)
- Lady Kathleen Constance Blanche Balfour (b. 1912 - d. 20 August 1996).
The Countess of Balfour died on 28 March 1942, aged 74.
[edit] References
- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, p. 373
- Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 691
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, p. 173
