Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust

Lady Lurgan created the Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust in 1987, three years after the death of her husband. The Trust reflects the interests and lives of both Lord and Lady Lurgan who met through their love of music.
The Honorable William George Edward Brownlow was born in 1902 to the 3rd Baron Lord Lurgan of Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, and Lady Emily Cadogan, and was only seven when his mother died. He received his first musical training at Eton as a member of the Musical Society. The world famous soprano Dame Nellie Melba heard him, told him to take up singing seriously and gave him his first lessons. A high baritone, he specialized in English songs, many of which he brought to the concert platform for the first time. Like his father he was also an outstanding golfer and at the age of 24 he played against the Americans in the Walker Cup, but music was his first love.