Paper – 345
Lecture – 2021
Author – Aidan Herron
Report by – Oona Roycroft
16 pages
Outline of local and world events in 1879. Backstories to those who visited Ardgillan in that time including: John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife France Anne Marlborough (daughter of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry; Robert J Pratt Saunders; Lord Gormanston and Georgina Gormanston; Edward Gibson, later 1st Baron Ashbourne; Talbot de Malahide, 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide; David Plunket later 1st Baron Rathmore; Charles Busch; Clarissa Bischoffheim and her daughters Ellen and Lily (Amelie). Also those related to the Taylors: Ida and John Conolly; Headfort (Sir Thomas Taylour of Headfort, cousin to the Ardgillan Taylors); Edward and Katherine Woods of Milverton Hall and R T Woods of Milverton Hall;
Categories – Social History