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 luminaries such as Queen Victoria (1964), Lord Byron (1976) and the Duke of Wellington (1969).
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30 August 1906 London, United Kingdom
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23 October 2002 (aged 96)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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