Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda (21 April 1884 – 22 November 1957) was an

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civil servant,

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officer, barrister and peer.

Early life

He was the son of Ponsonby Moore, 9th Earl of Drogheda 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

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, 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. His father inherited the earldom of Drogheda in 1892 upon the death of his distant cousin,

Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda Henry Francis Seymour Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda, KP, PC (I) (14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892), was an Irish peer, styled Viscount Moore until 1837. Early life He was the only son of Lord Henry Seymour Moore, a younger son of Field Mar ...

, after which the marquessate and

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of 1801 became extinct. 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).Townend, Peter. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition.''

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Ltd, 1970, page 1078. His maternal grandparents were Flora ( Towers) Moir and George Moir, a well-known Scottish advocate and author.

Career

He was educated at Eton and

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, before working as a clerk in the

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between 1907 and 1917. 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

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. Having left the Foreign Office, on 31 July 1917 he commissioned into the

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and subsequently saw active service in the

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. In 1919 he was made a

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. He relinquished his commission in 1921. After leaving the Army, Drogheda trained in law and became a member of the

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. A qualified barrister, he mainly practiced in the divorce court and was "instrumental in furthering divorce reform in the

Public service

During the

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, he served as Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Warfare between 1942 and 1945. On 1 January 1945 he was knighted as a

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. 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

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. On 30 January 1954 he was made Baron Moore, of Cobham in the County of Surrey in the

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, thus entitling him and his descendants to automatic seats in the House of Lords. Between 1918 and 1922, Drogheda served as the last Lord Lieutenant of Kildare.

Personal life

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, they were the parents of: * Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910–1989), known as Garrett Moore, who married British radio performer Joan Eleanor ( Birkbeck) Carr in 1935. * Lady Patricia Doreen Moore (1912–1947), who married Sir Herbert Latham, 2nd Baronet, son of Sir Thomas Latham, 1st Baronet, in 1933. After he was arrested, attempted suicide, and imprisoned for indecency, they divorced in 1941, and she married Richard Aherne, son of William Aherne, at the home of actor

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in 1943. They divorced in 1943. After their divorce, Lord Drogheda married Lady Victor Paget ( 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. Lord Drogheda died on 22 November 1957 and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage,

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, who at the time was the managing director of ''

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