Emily Lytton was born on 26 December 1874 in
Paris, the daughter of
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron of Lytton (later the 1st Earl of Lytton) and
Edith Villiers. She was brought up in
Lisbon,
India (where her father was
Viceroy from 1876 to 1880) and
Knebworth House, where she was educated by governesses. She had five children, including
Mary Lutyens, the composer
Elisabeth Lutyens, the social worker
Ursula Ridley, Viscountess Ridley, and the painter
Robert Lutyens. She introduced her older sister
Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton to the suffrage movement, though was herself opposed to militancy and resigned from the
Women's Social and Political Union in 1909. Appointed by Besant as the English representative of the
Order of the Star in the East, Lutyens toured the country lecturing on behalf of theosophy. She edited the theosophical journal
Herald of the Star, and attracted wealthy converts to theosophy, such as
Mabel Dodge. Elisabeth talks about her mother's relationship with theosophy, her time in India, relationships with other family members, her disapproval of suffragette militancy, and lesbianism in the suffragette movement. Mary's interview includes Emily's influence over her brother,
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, as regards Home Rule in India. She died at her home in London on 3 January 1964, eight days after her 89th birthday. ==Vegetarianism==