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Eliza Lloyd (m.1968 div.1972) Alexandra Henderson (m.1978)
Children
Benjamin (b.1983) Garrett (b.1986) Marina (b.1988)
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 (1910–1989). His mother was the late Joan Eleanor Carr (died 1989). He had the right to use the courtesy title Viscount Moore from November 1957 until December 1989.
Education and career
Lord Drogheda was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family and was educated at Eton then studied painting at Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing in Salzburg, Austria.[1] After working briefly as a travel agent in New York City, he took photography lessons from British photographer Bill Brandt.[1]
Lord Drogheda is now a leading photographer of architectural interiors and an illustrator of books, and has had portraits published in Country Life and Vogue. He has thirty-seven portraits in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Eliza 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.[3] They married on 15 May 1968 and divorced in 1972.[3]Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl at the couple's wedding, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a page.[3] 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 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.[4][5][6]
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet a Moor’s head Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure.
Escutcheon
Azure on a chief indented Or three mullets pierced Gules.