Person Open DS/UK/1983 Balfour; Elizabeth (12 June 1867-28 March 1942); Countess of Balfour; British suffragette, politician, and writer Balfour Elizabeth 12 June 1867-28 March 1942 British suffragette, politician, and writer Female (cisgender) Elizabeth Edith Balfour | Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton | Betty Balfour Hyde Park Gate, London, England (born)

British Activist | Suffrage Politics | UK Conservative White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (statesman) and Edith Villiers (lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria) Great-granddaughter of Anna Wheeler (women's rights advocate) Spouse of Gerald Balfour (Scottish politician and brother of Arthur Balfour (future Prime Minister) and nephew of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) Heterosexual Elizabeth Balfour, Countess of Balfour, was a British suffragette, politician, and writer. A staunch Conservative, she served as Dame President of the Woking Habitation of the Primrose League and was a founding member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association, serving as president of the association's chapter in Edinburgh. After the 1910 Conciliation Bill failed to pass in the House of Commons, she went on a speaking tour across the United Kingdom to rally support for women's suffrage. In 1919, Lady Balfour became the first woman to sit on the Woking Borough Council. Through her husband's social connections, she became associated with the elite social and intellectual group The Souls. She was a talented musician and became a close friend of the composer and suffragist Dame Ethel Smyth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Balfour,_Countess_of_Balfour (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 9/25/2012 RAHAKirkbride 12/12/2022 8f89c9d7-a1e1-4acb-b92e-20f3e448dd33