Elizabeth Longford

Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE (née Harman; 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002), better known as Elizabeth Longford, was a British historian. She was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and was on the board of trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in London. She is best known as a historian, especially for her biographies of 19th-century figures including Queen Victoria (1964), Lord Byron (1976) and the Duke of Wellington (1969).

The Right Honourable

The Countess of Longford

CBE
Elizabeth Pakenham at her wedding
Born30 August 1906
Marylebone, London, England
Died23 October 2002 (aged 95)
Hurst Green, East Sussex, England
Spouse(s)
(m. 1931; died 2001)
Issue8, including Antonia, Thomas, Judith, Rachel, and Michael
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