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Elizabeth Longford
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<p>Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, <a href="/facts/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">CBE</a> (<i>née</i> Harman; 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002), better known as Elizabeth Longford, was an English historian. She was a member of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Society_of_Literature/kPaMqF3R">Royal Society of Literature</a> and was on the board of trustees of the <a href="/facts/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London/56X9MWTo">National Portrait Gallery</a> in London. She is best known as a historian, especially for her biographies of 19th-century figures including <a href="/facts/Queen_Victoria/CgxSlQ4g">Queen Victoria</a> (1964), <a href="/facts/Lord_Byron/sajTBMxU">Lord Byron</a> (1976) and the <a href="/facts/Duke_of_Wellington/kAYsMSkg">Duke of Wellington</a> (1969). </p>