Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda, 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. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, like his father, before studying painting at Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing in Salzburg, Austria. After working briefly as a travel agent in New York City, he took photography lessons from British photographer Bill Brandt. Then-Viscount Moore began his professional career in 1973, with a commission from the American magazine Architectural Digest. 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.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. 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.
He hosted a book launch event in London for Venetian Gardens, which he co-authored with broadcaster Monty Don. The event gathered guests from the fields of art, literature, and media, including Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and makeup artist Mary Greenwell.
Books
The Dream Come True: Great Houses of Los Angeles; text by Brendan Gill Royal Gardens; by George Plumptre Debrett's The Stately Homes of Britain: Introduced by the Owners; by Sybilla Jane Flower Washington: Houses of the Capital; text by Henry Mitchell The Englishwoman's House; edited by Alvilde Lees-Milne The English Room; with Michael Pick The Englishman's Room; edited by Alvilde Lees-Milne The Gardens of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. A Personal Tour with The Marchioness of Salisbury The Shell Guide to the Gardens of England and Wales; with Sarah Hollis Evening Ragas: A Photographer in India Inside the House of Lords; with Clive Aslet Rooms; edited by Joseph Holtzman Notting Hill A Gardener's Life; by The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury Sir John Soane's Museum, London; text by Tim Knox 3rd edition, 2016 In House; text by Mitchell Owens Great Gardens of Italy; with Monty Don An English Room Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House; by David Cholmondeley & Andrew Moore Horses: Portraits by Derry Moore In the Shadow of the Raj: Derry Moore in India Great English Interiors; with David Mlinaric ; reissued 2023.Paradise Gardens: The World's Most Beautiful Islamic Gardens; with Monty Don Japanese Gardens: A Journey; with Monty Don London's Great Theatres; text by Simon Callow American Gardens; with Monty Don Venetian Gardens; with Monty Don Spanish Gardens; with Monty Don British Gardens; with Monty DonPersonal life
Lord Drogheda has been married to:- Eliza Winn Lloyd. 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. They married on 15 May 1968 and divorced in 1972. Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl at the couple's wedding, and John F. Kennedy Jr. 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. They married in Paris in 1978 and have three children: Benjamin Garrett Henderson Moore, Viscount Moore, The Hon. Garrett Alexander Moore, and Lady Marina Alice Moore. 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.