Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda

• Honorific Prefix — The Right Honourable • Name — The Earl of Drogheda • Born — 14 January 1937 • Birthplace — London, UK • Birth Name — Henry Dermot Ponsonby Moore • Education — Trinity College, Cambridge Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing • Spouse — Eliza Lloyd (m. 1968 – div. 1972) • Children — Benjamin (b. 1983) Garrett (b. 1986) Marina (b. 1988) • Occupation — Photographer

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 (Carr). 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 (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. 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.

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; 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 (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.

• Escutcheon — Azure on a chief indented Or three mullets pierced Gules. • Crest — Out of a ducal coronet a Moor’s head Proper wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure. • Supporters — Two greyhounds Argent. • Motto — Fortis Cadere Cedere Non Potest (The brave may fall, but cannot yield)

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