Lytton, Emily (1874–1964)

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Lytton, Emily (1874–1964)

English theosophist. Name variations: Emily Bulwer-Lytton; Lady Emily Lutyens. Born Dec 26, 1874, in England; died 1964; dau. of (Edward) Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton (1831–1891, author and viceroy of India) and Lady Edith Villiers Lytton; sister of Betty Balfour (1867–1942) and Constance Lytton (1869–1923); m. Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (architect), 1897; children: Barbara Lutyens, Robert Lutyens, Ursula Lutyens, Elisabeth Lutyens (composer, 1906–1983) and Mary Lutyens (novelist and biographer, 1908–1999).

A theosophist, was a disciple of Annie Besant and sponsored spiritual philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti for 10 years; wrote Candles in the Sun (1957).

See also Jane Ridley, The Architect and His Wife: A Life of Edwin Lutyens.

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