George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (d.1935) and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, Marchioness of Sligo (d.1965)
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| In collection: | The Poole Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[between ca. 1913 and 1935]
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| Notes: | Forms part of: Poole Whole Plate series Note in Poole Index Book: 'Copy'. Formerly at call number P_WP_2766 Original date range for this photograph was ca. 1901-1954. Research by our Flickr Commons users established a date range of ca. 1913-1935. In our catalogue, this photo was originally titled "Earl of Sligo, group of two". Research by our Flickr Commons users established that this is George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (d.1935) and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, Marchioness of Sligo (d.1965). Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/28118939288/ This description is derived from the original Index Books created at the A. H. Poole Studio. Physical description: 1 photograph : glass plate negative; 17 x 22 cm. more |
The Earl of Sligo in his plus fours in confident pose standing beside a lady who is not identified. Yesterday we had the Earl of Meath's residence but today, for Sligo, we have the man himself. What was Sligo doing down in Waterford with Mr. Poole?
The general consensus is that this is George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (d.1935) and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, Marchioness of Sligo (d.1965). While a location is not confirmed, there are apparently other Poole shots attributed to Westport House (so Poole may have gone north - rather than the mountain coming to Muhammad). If taken after his elevation to the title, this image likely dates from after 1913...
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Likely after 1913 (George becomes 6th Marquess of Sligo). Before 1935 (death).
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2766
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A.H. Poole, Arthur Henri Poole, Glass Negative, National Library of Ireland, Earl of Sligo, posing, garden, lady, plus fours, hat, Agatha Stewart, Agatha Hodgson, Marchioness of Sligo, Marquess of Sligo, Agatha Stewart Hodgson, George Ulick Browne, Marchioness, Westport House, Poole Photographic Collection
Comments
sharon.corbet
I think the lady is Agatha Stewart (née Hodgson), Marchioness of Sligo. She was the wife of the 6th Marquess of Sligo.
Posted: 09.05.2018
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
Posted: 09.05.2018
Carol Maddock
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet] I'd agree, Sharon. She looks so anxious/wary in both photos. Hopefully she was just one of those people who hates having their photos taken...
Posted: 09.05.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
The Marchioness visited Australia in 1938, and her interests are said to be "flying, fishing and gardening". Includes some family details, and implies the Marquess died in 1935 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29207057
Posted: 09.05.2018
sharon.corbet
There are a number of non-digitised photos called “Marquess and Marchioness of Sligo, Westport House” in the catalogue, dating from 1916.
Posted: 09.05.2018
sharon.corbet
There is also a collection of photos from Westport House:
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000299500
Described as:
“The collection features: images of the Browne, Maclean, and Dicken families; photographs of polo teams, horses and dogs, India, relatives and friends taken by George Ulick Browne (6th Marquess); and various photogaphs of family members, properties and places of interest in Europe and India. The collection also includes negatives of wildlife and other subjects taken on a visit to East Africa by the 6th Marquess, his wife and son.”
Posted: 09.05.2018
Foxglove
he missed a career in modelling. he could certainly "strike a pose". fabulous suit too
Posted: 09.05.2018
dearbhaile2
why is there always some who comments "congratulations for your beautiful album" is it some type of "phishing" ?
Posted: 09.05.2018
John Spooner
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] I can't vouch for her flying or gardening, but here she is fishing in The Sketch of Wednesday 03 October 1923 
Posted: 09.05.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
George Ulick Browne (1856-1935), became the 6th Marquess of Sligo in 1913 (ie earliest possible date for this photo). He married Agatha Stewart Hodgson in 1887. See - www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/sligo1800.htm
The Marchioness (1866-1965) survived to 99 years old, but in 1942 she was fined for contravening the Rationing Order by importing butter from Dublin into England - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187834794 - hilarious!
Posted: 09.05.2018
John Spooner
A photo of one of their daughters in the grounds at Westport House credited to Poole of Waterford. Published in The Bystander - Wednesday 12 May 1920
EDIT: The identical picture appeared in The Sketch in April 1919
Another picture by Poole, showing their daughter, Lady Moya Campbell, sitting on a shooting-stick next to Lady Nora Hastings in some some gardens at an unnamed location, was published in The Tatler - Wednesday 26 April 1916
Another picture by Poole, showing their daughter, Lady Moya Campbell, sitting on a shooting-stick next to Lady Nora Hastings in some some gardens at an unnamed location, was published in The Tatler - Wednesday 26 April 1916Posted: 09.05.2018
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/family-show....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Sligo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerage_of_Ireland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Browne,_11th_Marquess_of_Sligo
catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000242403/HierarchyTree?r...
www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/078_WestportCollection.pdf
petercochran.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/sligo3.pdf
Meanwhile the average Irish were living hand-to-mouth.
Posted: 09.05.2018
John Spooner
Agatha Marchioness of Sligo in a wedding photo from 1946 (2nd row far right). The bridesmaids aren't named in the caption, but I understand the one on the far right just in front of her is still alive.
Posted: 09.05.2018
Frank Fullard
An interesting aside - an earlier Lord Sligo earned an honoured place in the history of Jamaica where he is acknowledged as “Champion of the Slaves”, and where the town of Sligoville, the first free slave village in the world, still bears his name.
Posted: 09.05.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/frankfullard] The slave story connection is very interesting, but there are always at least two sides to a story -
Pro - www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-irish-lord-who-freed...
Anti - www.thejournal.ie/readme/irish-slaveowners-compensation-1... ... We also find some Irish claimants holding a high level of office in the colonies, such as Howe Peter Browne, the 2nd Marquis of Sligo, of Westport House, Co Mayo. In 1809 he inherited slave plantations in Jamaica from his father and he continued to profit from them (a sum of £20,000 per annum) until his appointment as Governor of Jamaica in 1833. Then he submitted a claim for 286 slaves and was awarded £5,525. He was also responsible for overseeing the fraught transition on the island from slavery to apprenticeship. ... etc.
Posted: 09.05.2018
Frank Fullard
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Indeed ... but he was also the first slave owner to end the apprenticeship system thus, as I understand it, forcing it's general abolition. Of course, as you say, there are always two sides to every story ... and sometimes more than two.
Posted: 09.05.2018
Niall McAuley
Two entries back iin the catalogue is POOLEWP 2764 dated 5th April 1918. Forward, POOLEWP 2769 is dated 11 May 1918.
The index indicates that this is a Copy, so April 1918 is a latest date, consistent with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet]'s 1916 at Westport date above.
Posted: 24.10.2022