Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton, was a British aristocrat. As the wife of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, she was vicereine of India. After his death, she was a court-attendant of Qu
The Delhi Durbar of 1877. The Viceroy of India is seated on the dais to the left.
Lady Edith Villiers dressed as Lady Melbourne for a costume party at Devonshire House (1897)
Portrait by George Frederic Watts (1862)
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Villiers is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the duk
Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
…of Queen Victoria. Her children included suffragette Constance Bulwer-Lytton. Edith Villiers was born on 15 September 1841, into the aristocratic Villiers family. She was the daughter of Edward Ernest Villiers (1806–1843) and Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell. She was the granddaughter of George Villiers, and the niece…
Graves of the 7th (left) and 8th (right) Earls of Jersey in All Saints' parish churchyard, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, the favourite, and possibly lover, of King James VI and I.
Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709), a mistress of King Charles II of England, by Sir Peter Lely
Elizabeth Villiers, mistress to King William III of England 1680-1695