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Picture No 10700215
Date 1915
Description Lady Drogheda and son, 1915
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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. Pictured here with her son, Viscount Moore, who was born in 1910. The Tatler reports that Lady Drogheda had recently been helping Miss Maxine Elliott on her barge at Furnes near the Yser, where she was providing food and clothing for the Belgians.
Source Photograph by Lallie Charles in The Tatler, 21 April 1915
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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