Lady Drogheda as a plough girl, World War One

Lady Drogheda, formerly Kathleen Burn, dressed in a pictureseque dress to plough a field. 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. She was by all accounts an indomitable woman of fortitude and The Bystander comments how she has having a complete change from the flying overalls she recently wore so becomingly

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