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Fiona, Countess of Arran Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran ( née Colquhoun ; 20 July 1918 – 16 May 2013), was a Scottish powerboat racer and recipient of the 1980 Segrave Tr...

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Fiona, Countess of Arran

Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran (néeColquhoun; 20 July 1918 –16 May 2013), was a Scottish powerboat racer and recipient of the 1980 Segrave Trophy for the fastest woman on water.[1]

Career

Arran was introduced to powerboats when she was a passenger in Miss England III in its trial runs on Loch Lomond.[1] In 1980, Lady Arran became the fastest woman on water, reaching a speed of 102 mph (164 km/h) in a powerboat on Lake Windemere.[2][3] For this, she won the 1980 Segrave Trophy.[1]

Personal life

Fiona Colquhoun was born to Geraldine Bryde Tennant and Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet.[4][5] In 1937, she married the Hon. Arthur Gore, who in 1958 succeeded his brother as the 8th Earl of Arran.[1]

They had two sons:

Red-necked Wallabies were introduced by the then Fiona Gore in the 1940s to Inchconnachan, an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland, and still roam wild.[6] It is one of the very few places outside Australia which has a viable population of wallabies.[7][8]

Lord Arran on 23 February 1983, aged 72.[9][10] Lady Arran died 16 May 2013, aged 94.[1]

See also

References

  1. 12345"Obituaries: The Countess of Arran". The Daily Telegraph. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ↑James, Mike. "Fiona, Lady Arran". Classicoffshore.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lady Fiona Gore (1918–2013), Condesa de Arran, placa del Trofeo Segrave de 1980 '100 mph en el agua' y otros trofeos y premios de lanchas motoras" . Bonhams . Consultado el 13 de noviembre de 2017 .
  4. ↑ Sampson, Annabel (29 de julio de 2020). "La isla escocesa que perteneció a la campeona de lanchas motoras, la condesa, está a la venta por 500.000 libras" . Tatler . Consultado el 25 de enero de 2022 .
  5. ↑ Steven, Alasdair (10 de junio de 2013). "Obituario: Condesa Arran, campeona de lanchas motoras" . The Scotsman . Johnston Press . Consultado el 17 de septiembre de 2017 .
  6. ↑ The Sunday Times , 23 de enero de 2022, página 3
  7. ↑ "Islas de Loch Lomond: Inchconnachan" . Loch Lomond.net . Consultado el 5 de noviembre de 2014 .
  8. ↑ Franks, Richard (9 de noviembre de 2021). "Inchconnachan: La isla británica donde los wallabies mandan" . www.bbc.com . Consultado el 30 de marzo de 2025 .
  9. ^ Mosley, Charles , ed. (2003). Nobleza , baronetage y título de caballero de Burke (107 ed.). Nobleza y nobleza de Burke. pag. 148.ISBN​   0-9711966-2-1.
  10. ↑ "Obituario: Conde de Arran" . The Times . 24 de febrero de 1983. pág. 12.