Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth,

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

, and studied at the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

. Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th

Viscount Harberton Viscount Harberton, of Carbury, County Kildare, Carbery in the County Kildare, County of Kildare is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 July 1791 for Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton, Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Baron Harberton, wh ...

. As a Viscountess, she attended the 1937 Coronation, she smuggled in drawing paper to make sketches for a painting that was later in the

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. Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918,

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thought she was a man, writing "Mr. F. Harmer ichas put good work into it".

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* 1876 births 1945 deaths 19th-century English painters 20th-century English painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Harberton People from Weymouth, Dorset 20th-century English women painters 19th-century English women painters {{England-painter-stub