OBITUARY
Countess Lytton London, September 18. The death lias occurred of Countess Lytton. Countess Lytton and her twin sister, Lady Loch, celebrated their ninetyfifth birthday last Tuesday, on the same day that Lady Lytton’s granddaughter gave birth to twin daughters.
Edith, Dowager Countess Lytton, was born in 1841 and was a daughter of the Hon E E. Villiers. In 1864 she married the first Earl of Lytton, who died in 1891 and they had two sons and three daughters. One of these sons is Earl Lvtton, chairman of the League of Nations Mission to Manchuria. The dowager countess was formerly Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria and to Queen Alexandr The countess had been ill for some days following a fall which resulted in a fractured. hip.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 305, 21 September 1936, Page 9
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