Elizabeth Balfour, Countess of Balfour

The Right Honourable
The Countess of Balfour
The Right Honourable The Countess of Balfour
Woking Borough Councilwoman from St John's Ward
	In office; 1919–????
President of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association Edinburgh Chapter
Dame President of the Primrose League's Woking Habitation
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Edith Bulwer-Lytton; 12 June 1867; Hyde Park Gate, London, England
Died	28 March 1942 (aged 74); Fisher's Hill, Woking, Surrey, England
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour (m. 1887)
Children	6 (including Lady Eve Balfour and Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour)
Parent(s)	Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton; Edith Villiers
Relatives	Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (sister), Lady Emily Lutyens (sister), Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton (brother), Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton (brother), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (grandfather), Rosina Bulwer-Lytton (grandmother), Anna Wheeler (great grandmother), Arthur Balfour (brother-in-law), Eustace Balfour (brother-in-law), Lady Frances Balfour (sister-in-law)
Occupation	Politician, writer, and suffragette

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Elizabeth Edith Balfour, Countess of Balfour (née Lady Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton; 12 June 1867 – 28 March 1942) 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.