Alida Brittain

Dame Alida Luisa Brittain DBE (née Harvey; 12 June 1883[1] – 5 January 1943) was a British harpist.

In 1885, the family returned to Cornwall, where her father purchased the Trenoweth estate and several properties in nearby Devon.

[4][5] She had five younger brothers, including politician Sir Samuel Emile Harvey.

She served as president of the Society of Women Journalists from 1929–32, and was a Member of the Celtic Congress in 1933.

[2] She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1929 New Year Honours, for political and public services.