No platforms on record. This profile predates them.

Isobel Gathorne-Hardy

✓ Source-basedrising

Noblewoman; British courtier and ice hockey player

United Kingdom AthletesLived 1875 to 1963 · aged 88

Compare

Fame44.1

Momentum17.8

Languages2

In century#222,309

Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy was a British courtier, best known for helping to popularize ice hockey in the early days of the sport in Canada.

Photos 3

Isobel Stanley wearing an ankle-length white dress at Rideau Hall on the Rideau Hall rink, Ottawa, circa 1890. Earliest known photograph of women playing ice hockey rather than bandy.

1904 photo of Rideau Rink in Ottawa

Awards 1

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

In their orbit 10

FatherFrederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

MotherConstance Stanley, Countess of Derby

SiblingEdward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby

SiblingKatherine Mary Stanley

SiblingVictor Stanley

SiblingArthur Stanley

SiblingGeoffrey Stanley

SiblingFerdinand Stanley

SiblingAlgernon Stanley

SiblingFrederick Stanley

Nearby in athletes 6

Michael Schumacher86.8

About this person

Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy was a British courtier, best known for helping to popularize ice hockey in the early days of the sport in Canada. The daughter of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada, and Lady Constance Villiers, she was one of the earliest European women known to have played the sport. She is celebrated as an early pioneer of women's ice hockey and the championship trophy of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) was named the Isobel Cup in her honour.

Country

United Kingdom