Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL P43/12
Title
Passport of Lady Emily Howard-Bury
Date(s)
- 11 June 1915 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item
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.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Passport of Lady Emily H. Bury, Tullamore, Ireland, who was accompanied by her niece M. Macdonald and her domestic, Charles Everett. Contains black and white, head and shoulder photographs of each.