Qui a épousé Gerald Balfour?
Elizabeth Balfour a épousé Gerald Balfour le . Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour avait 34 ans le jour du mariage (34 ans, 8 mois et 12 jours). Elizabeth Balfour avait 20 ans le jour du mariage (20 ans, 6 mois et 9 jours). L'écart d'âge était de 14 ans, 2 mois et 3 jours.
Gerald Balfour
Gerald William Balfour, 2e comte de Balfour ( - ), connu sous le nom de Gerald Balfour, est un homme politique conservateur britannique devenu pair à la mort de son frère, l'ancien Premier ministre Arthur Balfour, en 1930.
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Elizabeth Balfour
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.
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