Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL P43/9
Title
Copy of address and presentation to Lady Emily Howard-Bury
Date(s)
- 29 October 1890 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2pp
Context area
Name of creator
(1856-1931)
Biographical history
Lady Emily Alfreda Julia Bury was the youngest daughter of the 3rd earl of Charleville. She became heir to the estates at Charleville Forest when her uncle Alfred Bury, 5th earl of Charleville died leaving no male heirs. The title became extinct at this point. She married Captain Kenneth Howard an army officer, in 1881, and he assumed the additional surname Bury by royal license after their marriage. She had two children, Marjorie who died at 22 years of age, and a son, Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, the famous mountaineer and explorer.