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Kathleen Pelham Burn Moore, Countess of Drogheda CBE CMG (1887 – 18 March 1966) was a British socialite, aviator, and sportswoman. She was one of the "bright young things".
10 de ene. de 2022 · The driving force behind the exhibition was Kathleen Pelham-Burn (above), Lady Drogheda, an aviation-obsessed socialite who as early as 1914 had been referred to as a 'Flying Countess', as she had made 'several flights at Hendon'. ( ( Liverpool Echo, 23 June 1914, 4 .))
The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player. A keen sportswoman she played tennis at Wimbledon, learnt to fly and worked helping refugees during the First World War.
Pelham Burn was interested in various pursuits. She was born to a wealthy family (her mother's side of mining, her father's Scottish landowners), she had the ability to "pursue her manifold interests with great vigour" from her youth.
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.
Kathleen Pelham Burn Moore (1887-1966), Countess of Drogheda, nicknamed The Flying Countess when she raised money during World War I with an air exhibition, was a prominent sportswoman and early female aviator.