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Countess of Drogheda

The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player. A keen sportswoman she played tennis at Wimbledon, learnt to fly and worked helping refugees during the First World War. Pictured in The Sketch which reports with interest on her dining room which has recently been decorated in the Futurist manner

Picture No
14101048
Media ID
45857118
Size
4146px x 5766px (6.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Lallie Charles in The Sketch, 4 March 1914
Date
1914

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