Fiona Gore, Countess of Arran
Scottish noblewoman and powerboating racer
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Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran (née Colquhoun; 20 July 1918 – 16 May 2013), was a Scottish powerboating racer who was awarded the 1980 Segrave Trophy.[1] Lady Arran held the record for the fastest woman on water.
World Record
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]
Marriage
Fiona Colquhoun was born to Geraldine Bryde Tennant and her husband, Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet.[4][5] Due to her marriage to the 8th Earl of Arran, an Anglo-Irish peer, she became Countess of Arran. She married the future Earl in 1937; he succeeded to the Earldom of Arran in December 1958, with Fiona becoming Countess of Arran at the same time. She had two sons, the oldest eventually becoming the 9th Earl of Arran.[1]
Powerboating background
Fiona Colquhoun was introduced to speedboats when she was a passenger in Miss England III in its trial runs on Loch Lomond.[1]
Inchconnachan Wallabies
Wallabies, of the species Macropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby), 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]
See also
- Lady Violet Aitken, powerboat racer