Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 14 January 1937), is a British
photographer
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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
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In some context ...
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
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aristocratic family, the son of Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore, 11th
Earl of Drogheda, and Joan Eleanor ( Carr). He was educated at
Eton and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, like his father, before studying painting at
Oskar Kokoschka
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's School of Seeing in
Salzburg
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, Austria.
[Daisy Garnett, "At Home With: Derry Moore", ''The New York Times'', 23 November 2006] After working briefly as a travel agent in New York City, he took photography lessons from British photographer
Bill Brandt
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.
Then-
Viscount
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is ...
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
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...
''.
He photographed
The Princess of Wales,
Prince William
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William was born during the reign of his p ...
and
Prince Harry
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in 1992. His portrait, taken at
Kensington Palace
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, was used by the Princess on her Christmas cards for that year.
Lord Drogheda photographed
Queen Elizabeth II
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, the late
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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,
Indira Gandhi
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,
Ronald Reagan
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,
David Bowie
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,
Iman,
Benedict Cumberbatch
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and
Helena Bonham Carter
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, as well as many other personalities.
He became a leading photographer of architectural interiors and an illustrator of books, and had portraits published in ''
Country Life'' and ''
Vogue
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* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
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** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ' ...
''. He has thirty-seven portraits in the
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
* National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
* National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London
...
's collection.
He hosted a book launch event in
London
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for ''Venetian Gardens'', which he co-authored with broadcaster
Monty Don
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Born in Germany and rai ...
. The event gathered guests from the fields of art, literature, and media, including
Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath
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,
Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and makeup artist Mary Greenwell.
Books
* ''The Dream Come True: Great Houses of Los Angeles''; text by Brendan Gill (Lippincott & Crowell, 1980, )
* ''Royal Gardens''; by
George Plumptre (Collins, 1981, )
* ''Debrett's The Stately Homes of Britain: Introduced by the Owners''; by Sybilla Jane Flower (Webb & Bower, 1982, )
* ''Washington: Houses of the Capital''; text by Henry Mitchell (Viking Press, 1982, )
* ''The Englishwoman's House''; edited by
Alvilde Lees-Milne (Collins, 1984, )
* ''The English Room''; with Michael Pick (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985, )
* ''The Englishman's Room''; edited by Alvilde Lees-Milne (Viking, 1986, )
* ''The Gardens of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. A Personal Tour with The Marchioness of Salisbury'' (Viking, 1988, )
* ''The Shell Guide to the Gardens of England and Wales''; with Sarah Hollis (Andre Deutsch, 1989, )
* ''Evening Ragas: A Photographer in India'' (John Murray, 1997, )
* ''Inside the House of Lords''; with
Clive Aslet
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Earl ...
(HarperCollins, 1998, )
* ''Rooms''; edited by Joseph Holtzman (Rizzoli, 2006, )
* ''Notting Hill'' (Frances Lincoln, 2007, )
* ''A Gardener's Life''; by The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury (Frances Lincoln, 2007, )
* ''Sir John Soane's Museum, London''; text by
Tim Knox (Merrell, 2009, ) 3rd edition, 2016
* ''In House''; text by Mitchell Owens (Rizzoli, 2009, )
* ''Great Gardens of Italy''; with
Monty Don
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Born in Germany and rai ...
(Quadrille, 2011, )
* ''An English Room'' (Prestel, 2013, )
* ''Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House''; by
David Cholmondeley & Andrew Moore (Skira, 2014, )
* ''Horses: Portraits by Derry Moore'' (Rizzoli, 2016, )
* ''In the Shadow of the Raj: Derry Moore in India'' (Prestel, 2017, )
* ''Great English Interiors''; with
David Mlinaric (Prestel, 2018, )
* ''Paradise Gardens: The World's Most Beautiful Islamic Gardens''; with Monty Don (Two Roads, 2018, )
* ''Japanese Gardens: A Journey''; with Monty Don (Two Roads, 2019, )
* ''London's Great Theatres''; text by
Simon Callow
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(Prestel, 2019, )
* ''American Gardens''; with Monty Don (Prestel, 2020, )
* ''Venetian Gardens''; with Monty Don (BBC, 2022, )
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
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; and a great-granddaughter of Jordan Wheat Lambert, co-inventor of
Listerine
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mouthwash. They married on 15 May 1968 and divorced in 1972.
["Viscount Moore Marries Eliza Lloyd", ''The New York Times'', 15 May 1968, page 43] Caroline Kennedy
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was a flower girl at the couple's wedding, and
John F. Kennedy Jr.
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was a page.
The then Viscount and Viscountess Moore had no children, and she did not remarry.
*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
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is ...
Moore (born 1983),
The Hon.
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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
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,
BBC1
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and
Talent TV.
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1937 births
Living people
People educated at Eton College
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20th-century Anglo-Irish people
Earls of Drogheda
Derry
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Nobility from London
Drogheda
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21st-century Anglo-Irish people