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The Countess of Longford | |
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 Elizabeth Pakenham at her wedding | |
| Born | Elizabeth Harman 30 August 1906 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 23 October 2002 (aged 96) Hurst Green, East Sussex, England |
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| Issue | 8, including Antonia, Thomas, Judith, Rachel, and Michael |
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).