Mrs Lakin, acting in the absence of her husband, Captain M. L. Lakin D.S.O, who is at the front with the Hussars. Mrs Lakin was the daughter of the late Lord Maurice Fitzgerald of Johnstown Castle, Wexford. Captain Lakin who was Master of the Wexford Hunt since 1912, was the son of Sir Michael and Lady Lakin. During the First World War, a number of packs were temporarily taken over by women.