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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Drogheda
Born1937
Alma materOskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing
OccupationPhotographer
Spouse(s)Eliza Lloyd (m.1968 div.1972)
Alexandra Henderson (m.1978)
ChildrenBenjamin (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]

The 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.[1] 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.[2]

Lord Drogheda has also 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.[3][4]

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.

Books

  • Rooms (Rizzoli, 14 November 2006, ISBN 0-8478-2826-3)
  • Notting Hill (Frances Lincoln, 1 November 2007, ISBN 0-7112-2739-X)
  • In House (Rizzoli, 1 October 2009, ISBN 0-8478-3349-6)
  • An English Room (Prestel, 17, September 2013, ISBN 9780297788904)[5]

Personal life

Lord Drogheda has been married to:

  • 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.[1] They married on 15 May 1968 and divorced in 1972.[6] Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl at the couple's wedding, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a page.[6] 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.[2][3][4]

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.
Supporters
Two greyhounds Argent.
Motto
Fortis Cadere Cedere Non Potest [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Daisy Garnett, "At Home With: Derry Moore", The New York Times, 23 November 2006
  2. ^ "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Diana, Princess of Wales; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge". NPG. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Derry Moore - Biography". Derry Moore Photography. Derry Moore. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021. In 2005, Moore's portraiture was the focus of a small retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, which featured his photographs of Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rudolf Nureyev, Alan Bennett, David Bowie and the late Princess of Wales, amongst others.
  4. ^ "Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda". NPG. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "An English Room: Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 9780297788904: Books". archive.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Viscount Moore Marries Eliza Lloyd", The New York Times, 15 May 1968, page 43
  7. ^ Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage. 1914.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Drogheda
1989–present 		Incumbent
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