PORTRAIT OF EDITH, LADY CUNARD, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS

THE SITTER, THE DAUGHTER OF COL. JOHN STANLEY HOWARD, OF BALLINA PARK, CO. WICKLOW, MARRIED SIR GORDON CUNARD (1857-1933), 4TH BT., IN 1889. HER HUSBAND WAS THE GRANDSON OF THE ENTREPRENEUR SIR SAMUEL CUNARD, 1ST BT., WHO HAD FOUNDED THE THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY WHICH ESTABLISHED A REGULAR MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. SIR SAMUEL CUNARD'S GRANDAUGHTER ANNIE ELLEN MARRIED SIR ARTHUR LAWLEY, 6TH BARON WENLOCK, IN 1885, AND THEIR DAUGHTER URSULA MARY, MARRIED GEORGE ABRAHAM GIBBS, 1ST BARON WRAXALL OF TYNTESFIELD, IN 1927.