Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
(1886-1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of DroghedaSitter in 51 portraits
Olive May had the distinction of being a Gaiety Girl, who married into the peerage twice. Firstly, she became Lady Victor Paget (marrying in 1913 and divorcing in 1921), and then the Countess of Drogheda (marrying the 10th Earl in 1922). She retired from the stage in 1912. As Doris Bartle in Leslie Stuart's Peggy in March 1911 she sang 'The Lass With a Lasso'. A sextet of chorus boys in military uniform, were roped-in one by one by Miss May, whose character announced herself as being from 'Out West', 'where a horse's hooves, the beating of a heart and the swish of a lasso are the only sounds heard on the prairie'.
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x21283
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
published by Misch & Co (Misch & Stock)
hand-coloured postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x199334
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x27510
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda and an unknown boy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
NPG x127682
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda and an unknown boy
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
NPG x127683
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
NPG x127684
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
NPG x127685
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 6 July 1910
NPG x81026
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 March 1911
NPG x101990
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 March 1911
NPG x101991
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 March 1911
NPG x101992
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 March 1911
NPG x101993
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 May 1911
NPG x102981
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 May 1911
NPG x102982
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 May 1911
NPG x102983
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 May 1911
NPG x102984
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 May 1911
NPG x102985
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda as Doris Bartle in 'Peggy'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 March 1911
NPG x101989
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by and after Bassano Ltd
printing-out paper print, March 1912
NPG Ax136900
Olive May (née Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 13 March 1912
NPG x123105
Related People
- Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda (husband)
- Lord Victor William Paget (husband)
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