- Source: Fiona Gore, Countess of Arran
Fiona Bryde Gore, Countess of Arran (née Colquhoun; 20 July 1918 – 16 May 2013) was a Scottish powerboating racer who was awarded the 1980 Segrave Trophy.
She held the record for the fastest woman on water.
World Record
In 1980 she became the fastest woman on water, reaching a speed of 102 mph (164 km/h) in a powerboat on Lake Windemere.
Marriage
Gore was born to Geraldine Bryde Tennant and her husband Iain Colquhoun, Baronet. By her marriage to Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, she was Countess of Arran. She had two sons, the oldest Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran.
Powerboating background
Fiona Colquhoun was introduced to speedboats when she was a passenger in Miss England III in its trial runs on Loch Lomond.
Inchconnachan Wallabies
Wallabies, of the species Macropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby), were introduced by Gore in the 1940s to Inchconnachan, an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland, and still roam wild. It is one of the very few places outside Australia which has a viable population of wallabies.
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