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Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton GBE JP (née Balfour; 4 April 1865 – 2 September 1948) was a British novelist, playwright, World War I-era activist and spiritualist.
Edith Lyttelton. Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (née Balfour) (1865-1948) was a British playwright and social activist who became involved with psychical research and practised automatic writing. Contents. Life and Career. Psychical Research.
He married Octavia Laura Tennant in May 1885 and, after her death in 1886, married Edith Sophy Balfour (daughter of Archibald Balfour, a London businessman and merchant in Russia) at Bordighera on the Italian riviera in April 1892. Together with Edith he had two surviving children, including Oliver Lyttelton (later 1st Viscount Chandos).
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Biography. Daughter of Archibald Balfour. Birth date is guess, based on marriage date of 1892. EDITH SOPHY BALFOUR [1] [2] (Balfour-578) PARENTS. Archibald Balfour & Sophy Charlotte (Weguelin) Balfour. BIRTH. Abt. 1865, St Petersburg, Russia. CHRISTENING. 20 Aug 1865. Name Edith Sophy Balfour. Gender Female. Christening Date 20 Aug 1865.
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- September 2, 1948
- Alfred Lyttelton KC MP
Hace 2 días · Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (née Balfour) (1865-1948), Writer, activist and spiritualist; second wife of Alfred Lyttelton; daughter of Archibald Balfour. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Born in St Petersburg to a wealthy Merchant, Lyttelton moved to London in the 1880s and met her husband Alfred Lyttelton through the aristocratic ...
Lyttelton, Edith (ca. 1865-1948) Author, playwright, psychic, and past president of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), London. A daughter of Arthur Balfour, she was educated privately and married in 1892. In a well-to-do position, she served in a number of social and charitable roles.
English activist and playwright. Name variations: Dame Edith Lyttelton. Born Edith Balfour, 1865, in England; died Sept 2, 1948; dau. of Archibald Balfour; m. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, MP, 1892; children: Oliver Lyttelton.
