Nora (Loftus) Gardiner (1871-1955)

Mrs "Nora" Honora (Murphy/Loftus) Gardiner

Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
She and her four siblings were born "Murphy" but took the surname "Loftus". Nora was the sister of Captain Francis Cochrane Loftus (1873-1899) who was killed in the Boer War. They were two of the children of John Murphy (1822-1881), of Mount Loftus, Co. Kilkenny (grand-nephew and heir of Sir Nicholas Loftus 3rd Bt.), and Mrs (Belinda Creagh) Maurice Lindsay Coates, of Rockheath Park, Norwich.

Parents

John Murphy

of Mount Loftus, High Sheriff of Co. Kilkenny & Co. Wexford

1822-1881

Belinda (Creagh) Coates

Mrs Belinda Alvia (Creagh) Murphy, Coates

1840-1924

Spouse

Robert Alexander Gardiner

of New York City & East Hampton, New York

1863-1919

Children

Alexandra (Gardiner) Creel

Mrs Alexandra Diodati (Gardiner) Creel

1910-1990

Robert David Lion Gardiner

Lt.-Commander U.S.N., of Sagtikos Manor & 16th of Gardiner's Island, New York

1911-2004