Henry Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Drogheda
KCMG PC
Representative peer of Ireland
In office
1913–1957
Preceded byThe Lord Dunboyne
Succeeded byPosition lapsed
Personal details
Born
Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore

(1884-04-21)21 April 1884
Died22 November 1957(1957-11-22) (aged 73)
Spouse(s)Kathleen Pelham Burn
Olive Mary Meatyard
ChildrenCharles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda
Lady Patricia Aherne
Parent(s)Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda
Anne Tower Moir

Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda KCMG PC (21 April 1884 – 22 November 1957) was an Anglo-Irish civil servant, British Army officer, barrister and peer.

Early life[edit]

He was the son of Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda[1] and Anne Tower Moir. His sister was Lady Beatrice Minnie Ponsonby Moore, who married Capt. Struan Robertson Kerr-Clark. After he was killed in action during World War I, she married James Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour (son of James Hope-Scott and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Fitzalan-Howard, a daughter of the 14th Duke of Norfolk), in 1941.[2] His father inherited the earldom of Drogheda in 1892 upon the death of his distant cousin, Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda, after which the marquessate and barony of 1801 became extinct.[3]

His paternal grandparents were Ponsonby Arthur Moore (a descendant of the 5th Earl of Drogheda) and Augusta Sophia Gardner (a daughter of Gen. Hon. William Henry Gardner and grandson of the Adm. Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner).[4] His maternal grandparents were Flora (née Towers) Moir and George Moir, a well-known Scottish advocate and author.[5]

Career[edit]

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, before working as a clerk in the Foreign Office between 1907 and 1917.[6] On 28 October 1908 he succeeded to his father's title and in 1913 was elected as an Irish representative peer, entitling him to a seat in the House of Lords.[7] Having left the Foreign Office, on 31 July 1917 he commissioned into the Irish Guards and subsequently saw active service in the First World War.[8] In 1919 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[9] He relinquished his commission in 1921.[10]

After leaving the Army, Drogheda trained in law and became a member of the Inner Temple. A qualified barrister, he mainly practiced in the divorce court and was "instrumental in furthering divorce reform in the House of Lords."[11]

Public service[edit]

During the Second World War, he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Warfare between 1942 and 1945. On 1 January 1945 he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[12] Between 1946 and 1957 he was Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, and in 1951 he was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. On 30 January 1954 he was made Baron Moore, of Cobham in the County of Surrey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thus entitling him and his descendants to automatic seats in the House of Lords.[13]

Between 1918 and 1922, Drogheda served as the last Lord Lieutenant of Kildare.

Personal life[edit]

Cameo portrait of his first wife, Kathleen Pelham Burn, 1909
Photograph of his second wife when she was known as Lady Victor Paget, as a Red Cross Nurse serving hospitals in Britain, c. 1916

Drogheda married twice, firstly on 3 March 1909 to Kathleen Pelham Burn, a British socialite, aviator, and sportswoman who was considered one of the "bright young things". She was the daughter of Charles Maitland Pelham-Burn and Isabella Romanes Russel. Before their divorce in 1922,[14] they were the parents of:[15]

After their divorce, Lord Drogheda married Lady Victor Paget (née Olive Mary Meatyard), a one time popular actress who was a daughter of George Meatyard, on 22 June 1922. She was the former wife of Lord Victor Paget, younger brother of Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey.[23]

Lord Drogheda died on 22 November 1957 and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Charles, who at the time was the managing director of The Financial Times.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DEATH OF THE EARL OF DROGHEDA". The Birmingham Post. 29 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Death of Lord Rankeillour". Sussex, England: Sussex Express & County Herald Newspaper. 18 February 1949. p. 8. OCLC 1001680726.
  3. ^ "The Marquess of Drogheda". Western Mail. 1 July 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ Townend, Peter. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970, page 1078.
  5. ^ "DEATH OF GEORGE MOIR, LL.D., LATE SHERIFF OF STIRLING". Aberdeen Journal, and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. 26 October 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ "DROGHEDA, 10th Earl of (cr 1661) (Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore) (Baron Moore of Mellifont, 1616; Viscount Moore, 1621; Baron Moore of Cobham (UK), 1954)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "No. 31663". The London Gazette. 28 November 1919. p. 14672.
  8. ^ "No. 30823". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1918. p. 9085.
  9. ^ "No. 13459". The Edinburgh Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1919. p. 2064.
  10. ^ "No. 32234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 February 1921. p. 1448.
  11. ^ a b "EARL OF DROGHEDA, BRITISH BARRISTER". The New York Times. 23 November 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1945. p. 5.
  13. ^ "No. 40093". The London Gazette. 5 February 1954. p. 786.
  14. ^ "COUNTESS OF DROGHEDA, SPORTSWOMAN, TO WED Divorcee, Noted for Her Aviation Exploits, to Marry Guillemo Delanda, Polo Player". The New York Times. 31 August 1922. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ^ "DECREE FOR LADY DROGHEDA She Is Successful In First Stage of Her Contest for a Divorce". The New York Times. 26 May 1921. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  16. ^ "LORD MOORE WEDS- MRS. JOAN E. CARR; Heir to Earl of Drogheda and British Radio Performer Are Married Here.EARLDON CREATED IN 1661. Family Founded in Ireland by Two Brothers Who Migrated in Reign of Elizabeth". The New York Times. 17 May 1935. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Lady Patricia Moore Kept Out of Church By Crowds at Her Wedding in London". The New York Times. 30 June 1933. p. 19. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  18. ^ "BRITISH ARREST M.P. UNDER MILITARY LAW; Major Latham Held for Secret Trial on Undisclosed Charge". The New York Times. 1 August 1941. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  19. ^ "OFFICER PLEADS INNOCENT Trial of Sir Herbert Latham on 13 Charges Begins". The New York Times. 5 September 1941. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Obituary: Sir Paul Latham". The Times. 26 July 1955. p. 11.
  21. ^ "LATHAM PARTLY CLEARED British Baronet Is Acquitted of 3 of 14 Charges". The New York Times. 6 September 1941. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Lady Patricia weds Richard Aherne". Daily News. 18 October 1943. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  23. ^ "EARL OF DROGHEDA". Liverpool Echo. 21 June 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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