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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

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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 (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

Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth

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 and his wife Maria Susannah Simpson.

George Villiers was a son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

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 and Charlotte Capell. Theresa Parker was a daughter of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon

John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon

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 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

William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex

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 and Lady Jane Hyde. Theresa Robinson was a daughter of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

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 and Frances Worsley. Anne Lyon was a daughter of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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 and Jean Nicholsen

Jean Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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.

Lady Jane Hyde was a daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon

Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon

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 and Jane Leveson-Gower.

Her sister was the suffragette

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 activist, Lady Constance Lytton.

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

James Maitland Balfour

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 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
  Lady Eve Balfour
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   (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.