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Moira was subsequently disqualified to eighth place for interference with Lemista. [15] Moira's final start of the year was the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on November 5, where she was ridden by Frankie Dettori. [16] Breaking from the outside post, she was well back early but closed steadily in the stretch to finish fifth. [17]
John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira (17 March 1720 – 20 June 1793), known as Sir John Rawdon, Bt, between 1724 and 1750 and as The Lord Rawdon between 1750 and 1762, was an Irish peer. Background [ edit ]
Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, KG, PC, FRS, FSA (9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826), styled The Honourable Francis Rawdon from birth until 1762, Lord Rawdon between 1762 and 1783, The Lord Rawdon from 1783 to 1793 and The Earl of Moira between 1793 and 1816, was an Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India from 1813 to 1823.
He was created Baron Rawdon, of Moira in the County of Down, in 1750, and Earl of Moira in 1762. Both titles were in the Peerage of Ireland . Lord Moira married as his third wife Elizabeth Hastings, 12th Baroness Hastings , 16th Baroness Botreaux , 11th Baroness Hungerford and 10th Baroness de Moleyns , daughter of Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl ...
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Moira, a genus of prehistoric echinoderms; Moira, the singular of Moirai (Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny; Earl of Moira, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down; Moira (horse), a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse; Portrait of Lord Moira, a 1790 painting by Joshua Reynolds
On May 22, 2014, the national stud farms announce the sale of the last French national sport stallions, and among them Mylord Carthago. The announcement provoked strong reactions from the equestrian community internationally. [10] [11] Pénélope Leprévost learned of the sale and met with Jacques Myard to try and get the sale cancelled.
Portrait of Lord Moira is a portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Irish soldier and politician Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, then known as the Earl of Moira. [1] A member of the Protestant Ascendancy, Moira served in the British Army during the American War of Independence.