Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameLionel Arthur DAWSON-DAMER 6th Earl of Portarlington, 12840
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Notes for Lionel Arthur DAWSON-DAMER 6th Earl of Portarlington
The sixth Earl, named Lionel Arthur, was only 17 when he became Earl in 1900, and there were to be many momentous changes at Emo in the years until he died in 1959. The estate income was extremely small, due to the various Land Acts which had been passed that allowed the tenants to buy their properties. A financial solution came about by the marriage of Lord Portarlington in February 1907 to the wealthy Winnifreda Yuill, daughter of a Scottish millionaire who had made his money in trade with Asia and Australia. In March Lord and Lady Portarlington were welcomed enthusiastically to Emo by the local inhabitants, but Lady Portarlington never cared greatly for Emo and preferred the glittering social life of London.

Up to 1914, political difficulties abounded in Ireland and there was less and less money at Emo. Men left the estate to fight in the British Army in the Great War, and in 1918, it was decided that it would be best to sell the house and its contents. The contents were put up for sale in 1920, and the house stood empty for ten years. It was purchased by the Jesuit order in 1930 as a novitiate.
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