Elizabeth Longford

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The Right Honourable The Countess of Longford CBE
Elizabeth Pakenham at her wedding
Born	30 August 1906 Marylebone, London, England
Died	23 October 2002 (aged 96) Hurst Green, East Sussex, England
Spouse(s)	Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford ​ ​ (m. 1931; died 2001)​
Issue	8, including Antonia, Thomas, Judith, Rachel, and Michael

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 figures including Queen Victoria (1964), Lord Byron (1976) and the Duke of Wellington (1969).