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  1. Edith Villiers. Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 [1] – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control. She used the name Jane Warton to avoid receiving special treatment when imprisoned ...

  2. Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton. (1869-1923), Suffragette; daughter of 1st Earl of Lytton. Sitter in 7 portraits. Daughter of Edward and Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Constance was born into a privileged family with links to the aristocracy of Britain. Constance became an important member of the Women's Social and Political Union, testing how ...

  3. About Constance. Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (1869-1923) was the daughter of Robert 1 st Earl of Lytton, statesman and poet (writing as ‘Owen Meredith’) and his wife Edith née Villiers, and the granddaughter of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the novelist (of “It was a dark and stormy night” fame). Constance, third child in a large family, was ...

  4. Nov 27, 2023 · In 1876, Lytton became the Viceroy of India, thus making Edith the Vicereine of the country. After he died, she became the lady-in-waiting for Queen Victoria. Her daughter was Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton, one of the most prominent activists of the suffragette period. Constance was imprisoned over her activism in Liverpool.

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  5. Knebworth. Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton, usually known as Constance Lytton (born 12 January 1869, Vienna, died 2 May 1923, London) was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control. She sometimes used the name Jane Warton.

  6. Edith Villiers. Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform and votes for women. She used the name Jane Warton to avoid receiving special treatment when imprisoned for suffragist protests.

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  8. Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer Lytton was born in Vienna on February 12, 1869 the daughter of diplomat Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton. His wife, the former Edith Villiers, could trace her ancestry back to the parish of Lydiard Tregoze and her five times great grandmother Barbara St John who spent her childhood at Lydiard House.

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