A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II
Countess of Longford, Elizabeth Pakenham, was born in London England in
1906. She attended Lady Margaret Hall and Oxford University where she studied
classical history and philosophy. She later married Oxford professor and
politician, the seventh Earl of Longford in 1931, with whom she had eight
children. She worked as a tutor from 1930-36 in the Worker's Educational
Association, and was a member of the Paddington and St. Pomcras Rent Tribunal
from 1946-51. She was also a Labour party candidate for Cheltenham, and later
for the City of Oxford. After both campaigns proved unsuccessful, Longford
began her career as a writer in 1954, where she concentrated on the topic of
parenting. She later turned her focus to British history, and became recognized
for her talent as a biographer. She was awarded the James Tait Memorial Prize
for best biography in 1964 for Victoria R.I. Longford claimed the Yorkshire
Post Book of the Year Award twice......
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