{"id":1042,"date":"2026-07-09T09:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:02:59","slug":"february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn\u2019t catch it, I recommend a web search for the excellent episode of BBC Radio 4\u2019s \u2018History\u2019s Toughest Heroes\u2019 on my great-great-aunt the suffragette Constance Lytton.\u00a0 That broadcast not a surprise, because I\u2019m in it \u2013 but what was a lovely surprise was the BBC 2\u2019s \u2018Celebrity Mastermind\u2019 over Christmas that featured Constance as the specialist subject of broadcaster Ashley James.\u00a0 These were the questions Clive Myrie posed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat alias did Lytton use to ensure that she&#8217;d received the same treatment as less privileged working-class suffragettes after her arrest in Liverpool in January 1910?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat was the title of the book written by Lytton and first published in March 1914 that describes her experiences after being jailed for her part in suffragette protests?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn protest at her arrest and detention in Holloway Prison after a demonstration in February 1909, Lytton carved which letter of the alphabet into her chest?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhich of her fellow suffragettes, traumatized by her experiences of being force-fed in 1913, did little Lytton later support by paying her private asylum fees?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2019The Pageant of Great Women\u2019, staged in Bristol in support of the suffragette movement in November 1910, Lytton portrayed which renowned nurse and social reformer?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAt what house in Hertfordshire, designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1901, did Lytton live for much of her later life?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLytton helped working class girls to participate in what traditional activity with the help of members of the Esperance Club?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn 1896, Lytton helped her aunt, Mrs. Earle, write a bestselling book with the title \u2018Pot-Pourri from a \u2013\u2018 what?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am relieved to say that I did as well as Ashley, only not knowing the answer to question 4.\u00a0 How have you done?\u00a0 As Knebworth residents, I hope you got question 6.\u00a0 The answers are:\u00a0 <em>1) Jane Wharton.\u00a0 2) \u2018Prisons and Prisoners\u2019.\u00a0 3) V.\u00a0 4) Rachel Peace.\u00a0 5) Florence Nightingale.\u00a0 6) Homewood.\u00a0 7) Morris dancing.\u00a0 8) Surrey Garden.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/henrycobboldkh\">@HenryCobboldKH<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/henrycobbold\/?hl=en\">@HenryCobbold<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn\u2019t catch it, I recommend a web search for the excellent episode of BBC Radio 4\u2019s \u2018History\u2019s Toughest Heroes\u2019 on my great-great-aunt the suffragette Constance Lytton.\u00a0 That broadcast not a surprise, because I\u2019m in it \u2013 but what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1042\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-26"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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