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Maud Alice Burke (3 August 1872 – 10 July 1948), later Lady Cunard, known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess.
Maud Alice Burke, later Lady Cunard, known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess. She had long relationships with the novelist George Moore and the conductor Thomas Beecham, and was the muse of the former and a champion of and fund-raiser for the latter.
Maud Cunard (1872–1948) was the granddaughter of the founder of the Cunard shipping line and a prominent figure in the arts and society. She married Sir Bache Cunard, ran off with conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, and had a daughter, Nancy Cunard, who became a poet and activist.
American heiress Maud Alice Burke (1872-1948) evidently met George Moore in Paris in September 1893, when she was 21 years old and he was 41. They began an intimate love affair that continued as a close friendship for the rest of his life.
Learn about the life and artworks of Emerald, a society hostess and patron of the arts in London. She was the muse of George Moore and a friend of Thomas Beecham and Wallis Simpson.
Las recepciones que Maud Cunard organizaba, en su mansión de Nevill Holt y casa de Londres, eran célebres por la asistencia de eximios miembros de la aristocracia, la alta sociedad y figuras del arte, la música y la literatura. En ese ambiente elevado y culto se educó Nancy.
Maud Cunard murió en julio de 1948, cuando Nancy andaba en uno de los viajes clandestinos que hacía a España, por su propia cuenta, para rescatar a prisioneros, y ayudar a la guerrilla que sin ningún apoyo externo, seguía luchando contra Franco.
