Betty Balfour, Countess of Balfour

Betty Balfour, Countess of Balfour

---------Lady Elizabeth Edith "Betty" Balfour, "née" Bulwer-Lytton (b. 12 June 1867 - d. 28 March 1942) was a daughter of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (b. 8 November 1831 - d. 24 November 1891) and Edith Villiers (b. 18?? - d. 17 September 1936).

Family

Her maternal grandparents were Edward Ernest Villiers (1806 - 1843) and Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell.

Edward Ernest Villiers was a son of George Villiers and Theresa Parker. Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell was a daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth and his wife Maria Susannah Simpson.

George Villiers was a son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Charlotte Capell. Theresa Parker was a daughter of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon and his second wife Theresa Robinson. Maria Susannah Simpson was a daughter of John Simpson and Anne Lyon.

Charlotte Capell was a daughter of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex and Lady Jane Hyde. Theresa Robinson was a daughter of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham and Frances Worsley. Anne Lyon was a daughter of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Jean Nicholsen.

Lady Jane Hyde was a daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Jane Leveson-Gower.

Marriage and children

On 21 December 1887, Lady Betty married Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (9 April 1853 - 14 January 1945), a son of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil.

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.

They had six 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.

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


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