The Earl of Drogheda |
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| Born | Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore
(1937-01-14) 14 January 1937 (age 87)
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| Alma mater | Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing |
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| Occupation | Photographer |
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| Spouse(s) | Eliza Lloyd (m. 1968 – div. 1972)
Alexandra Henderson ( m. 1978) |
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| Children | Benjamin (b. 1983)
Garrett (b. 1986)
Marina (b. 1988) |
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Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1937), is a British photographer known professionally as Derry Moore. He inherited the title of Earl of Drogheda from his father, The 11th Earl of Drogheda. He had the right to use the courtesy title Viscount Moore from November 1957 until December 1989.
Education and career
Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore was born on 14 January 1937 in London into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, the son of Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore (11th Earl of Drogheda), and Joan Eleanor (née Carr). He was educated at Eton then studied painting at Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing in Salzburg, Austria.[2] After working briefly as a travel agent in New York City, he took photography lessons from British photographer Bill Brandt.[2] Then-Viscount Moore (as he was up until inheriting the earldom in December 1989) began his professional career in 1973, with a commission from the American magazine Architectural Digest.[2] He photographed The Princess of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry in 1992. His portrait, taken at Kensington Palace, was used by the Princess on her Christmas cards for that year.[3]
Lord Drogheda photographed Queen Elizabeth II, the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Indira Gandhi, Ronald Reagan, David Bowie, Iman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Helena Bonham Carter, as well as many other personalities.[4][5] He became a leading photographer of architectural interiors and an illustrator of books, and had portraits published in Country Life and Vogue. He has thirty-seven portraits in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.[citation needed]
Personal life
Lord Drogheda has been married to:
- Eliza Winn Lloyd (died 7 May 2008). She was the only daughter of Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr. and his first wife, the former Rachel Lambert; a stepdaughter of American banker and art collector Paul Mellon; and a great-granddaughter of Jordan Wheat Lambert, co-inventor of Listerine mouthwash.[7] They married on 15 May 1968 and divorced in 1972.[8] Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl at the couple's wedding, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a page.[8] The then Viscount and Viscountess Moore had no children, and she did not remarry.[citation needed]
- Alexandra Nicolette Henderson, the daughter of British diplomat Sir Nicholas Henderson and his wife, the former Mary Barber (née Cawadias). They married in Paris in 1978 and have three children: Benjamin Garrett Henderson Moore, Viscount Moore (born 1983), The Hon. Garrett Alexander Moore (born 1986), and Lady Marina Alice Moore (born 1988). As Alexandra Henderson, Lady Drogheda has been a producer and editor in the news and current affairs departments of the BBC, BBC1 and Talent TV.[9][10][11]
