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Emily <I>Bulwer-Lytton</I> Lutyens

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Emily Bulwer-Lytton Lutyens

Birth
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death
3 Jan 1964 (aged 89)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
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Emily Bulwer-Lytton was the daughter of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton and his wife Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton.

She married Edwin Landseer Lutyens, son of Captain Charles Henry Augustus Lutyens (1829–1915) and his wife Mary Theresa Gallwey (1832/33–1906), on August 4, 1897 at Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. Lady Emily had proposed to Edwin two years before the wedding, and her parents disapproved of the marriage.

Emily and Edwin had 5 children:

1. Barbara Lutyens, (1898–1981), second wife of Euan Wallace (1892–1941), Minister of Transport.

2. Robert Lutyens, (1901–1971), interior designer. Designed the façade used for over 40 Marks & Spencer stores.

3. Ursula Lutyens, (1904–1967), wife of Matthew White Ridley, the 3rd Viscount Ridley. They were the parents of the 4th Viscount Ridley (1925–2012), and of the Cabinet Minister Nicholas Ridley (1929–1993). Nicholas Ridley was the father of Edwin Lutyens' biographer, Jane Ridley.

4. (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, (1906–1983), a well-known composer. She first married Ian Glennie. Second marriage to the conductor Edward Clark.

5. (Edith Penelope) Mary Lutyens, (1908–1999), a writer known for her books about the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. First marriage to Anthony Rupert Herbert Franklin Sewell. Second marriage to Joseph Gluckstein Links.
Emily Bulwer-Lytton was the daughter of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton and his wife Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton.

She married Edwin Landseer Lutyens, son of Captain Charles Henry Augustus Lutyens (1829–1915) and his wife Mary Theresa Gallwey (1832/33–1906), on August 4, 1897 at Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. Lady Emily had proposed to Edwin two years before the wedding, and her parents disapproved of the marriage.

Emily and Edwin had 5 children:

1. Barbara Lutyens, (1898–1981), second wife of Euan Wallace (1892–1941), Minister of Transport.

2. Robert Lutyens, (1901–1971), interior designer. Designed the façade used for over 40 Marks & Spencer stores.

3. Ursula Lutyens, (1904–1967), wife of Matthew White Ridley, the 3rd Viscount Ridley. They were the parents of the 4th Viscount Ridley (1925–2012), and of the Cabinet Minister Nicholas Ridley (1929–1993). Nicholas Ridley was the father of Edwin Lutyens' biographer, Jane Ridley.

4. (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, (1906–1983), a well-known composer. She first married Ian Glennie. Second marriage to the conductor Edward Clark.

5. (Edith Penelope) Mary Lutyens, (1908–1999), a writer known for her books about the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. First marriage to Anthony Rupert Herbert Franklin Sewell. Second marriage to Joseph Gluckstein Links.


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